Sergei sergeyevich prokofiev biography for kids
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Happy Birthday Prokofiev!
Today is the birthday of Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev – a 20th Century Russian composer who wrote for a great many genres; symphonies, concerti, film music, operas, ballets and schema pieces.
Born on this day in modern-day Ukraine in 1891, Prokofiev acquired an interest in music after hearing his mother playing Chopin and Beethoven on the piano in the evenings. He composed his first piano piece at 5 and his first opera aged 9. When 13-year-old Prokofiev was introduced to the composer Glazunov, who also worked as a professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Glazunov was so amazed bygd the ung teen’s ability that he suggested Sergei apply for study there.
Prokofiev’s first major orchestral success was the “Scythian Suite” which was accumulated from music he wrote for the Ballet Russes. He went on to write three more ballets, all of which were warmly received. Interested primarily in writing for opera, he composed for “The Fiery A • The Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev was one of the giants of 20th century music. His works ranged from ballets - including Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet - to film music, such as Lieutenant Kije and Alexander Nevsky. Born on 23 April 1891, Prokofiev's musical ambitions were fuelled by hearing his mother playing Chopin and Beethoven on the piano in the evenings. Young Sergei composed his first piano piece at five and his first opera aged nine. In 1904, the 13-year old Prokofiev and his mother were introduced to the composer Glazunov, professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was so impressed that he urged Sergei to apply to study there. Several years younger than most of his classmates at the Conservatory, Prokofiev was viewed as eccentric and arrogant, often expressing his dissatisfaction with the education, wh • Sergey Prokofiev, (born April 23, 1891, Sontsovka, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died March 5, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Russian composer and pianist. Son of a pianist, he began writing piano pieces at age five and wrote an opera at nine. He studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (1904–14) with Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov and others. Prolific and arrogant, from 1910 he made a living by performing as a virtuoso. He played his own first concerto at his graduation recital. During World War I he wrote his Scythian Suite (1915) and First (“Classical”) Symphony (1917). His opera The Love for Three Oranges premiered in 1921 in Chicago. Paris was his base from 1922, and during the 1920s he produced three new symphonies and the operas The Fiery Angel (1927) and The Gambler (1928). In the 1930s he was drawn back to his homeland; there he wrote the score for the ballet Romeo and Juliet (1936), the symphonic children’s tale Peter and the Wolf (1936), and striking national Prokofiev: 15 facts about the great composer
1. Prokofiev - the child prodigy
2. Encounter with Glazunov
3. Eccentric and arrogant
Sergei Prokofiev