Sergei Rachmaninoff

Personal Info

  • Known ForSound
  • GenderMale
  • Birthday1873-04-01
  • Day of Death1943-03-28 (69 years)
  • Place of BirthSemеnovo, Novgorodskaya guberniya, Rossiyskaya imperiya (Russia)
  • Also Known AsСергей РахманиновSergey RakhmaninovSergei RakhmaninovSergey RachmaninoffSergei RachmaninovSergei Vasilyevich RachmaninoffSergei Vasilyevich RachmaninovСерге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́ниновセルゲイ・ヴァシリエヴィチ・ラフマニノフSergueï Rachmaninov

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Biography

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892, having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces. In 1897, following...Read More