Quick Facts About Sergei Prokofiev
- Born
- April 23, 1891
- Died
- March 5, 1953
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Composer
- Notable works
- Peter and the Wolf
- Known for
- Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4, Symphony No. 2, Peter and the Wolf, The Love for Three Oranges
- Spouse
- Lina Llubera
About Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created—excluding juvenilia—seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas.
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Awards & Honors
State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Lenin Prize
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Stalin Prize
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
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Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
