Rachmaninoff Biography - Music History

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff 1 April 1873 28 March 1943 was a Russian composer virtuoso pianist and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and as a composer one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism expressiveness and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoffs compositional output and he made a point of using his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument. Born into a musical family Rachmaninoff took up the piano at the age of four. He studied with Anton Arensky and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1892 having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces. In 1897 following the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No. 1 Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful supportive therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. In the course of the next sixteen years Rachmaninoff conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre relocated to Dresden Germany and toured the United States for the first time. Following the Russian Revolution Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia and in 1918 they settled in New York City. With his primary source of income coming from performances as a pianist and a conductor Rachmaninoff had little time to compose. Because of this he completed just six works between 1918 and 1943 including the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Symphony No. 3 and Symphonic Dances. By 1942 his declining health led to his relocation to Beverly Hills California and later became a US citizen a few weeks before he died of advanced melanoma in 1943. Rachmaninoff Biography MusicHistory Biography Rachmaninoff We are a educational channel specializing in history of classical music. Our goal is to spread classical music to the greatest number of people. Explore our channel and listen to more works by Mozart Chopin Beethoven Tchaikovsky Bach Haydn Schumann Schubert Vivaldi Dvorak Debussy and more! I hope you enjoy it and dont forget to Subscribe. ? ? Facebook: ? WebSite: ,

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