- Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Prokofiev was
born on April 23, 1891
- Fact 3 - Place of Birth: Sontsovka,
Ukraine, Russia
- Fact 4 - Full Name: Serge Prokofiev
aka Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev
- Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1891-1953
- Fact 6 - Name of mother and father:
His parents names were Sergei Prokofiev and Maria
- Fact 7 - Family background:
- Fact 8 - Childhood and education:
His mother was musical and taught her son piano - he began
composing at the age of just five years old
- Fact 9 - Prokofiev was then tutored
in music by Reinhold Gliere
- Fact 10 - Prokofiev later graduated
from St. Petersburg Conservatory
- Fact 11 - During WW1 Prokofiev
composed a series of 'War Symphonies"
- Fact 12 - Prokofiev travelled to
Europe where his ballets were received to great acclaim and won
the respect of other composers and musicians including
Stravinsky and
Ravel
- Fact 13 - Prokofiev toured the
United States five times
- Fact 14 - Probably his most loved
works is "Peter and the Wolf" which he completed in 1936
- School and Music teachers use "Peter and the Wolf" to introduce children to the
different instruments of the orchestra
- It debuted on May 2, 1936 at the Moscow Children's Musical
Theater
- Fact 15 - Cause of death: Cerebral
haemorrhage
- Fact 16 - Date of Death: Prokofiev died on
March 5, 1953 in Moscow, Russia
- Fact 17 - After his death Prokofiev was awarded the Lenin Prize for
his "Symphony No. 7."
- Fact 18 - Prokofiev wrote ballets, operas, symphonies, movie
music and concertos
- Fact 19 - His music lives on and
the musical works of Prokofiev include the following:
- Peter and the Wolf
Scythian Suite
The Gambler
War and Peace
Concerto in G Minor,
Symphony No. 4 in C Major
Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella (ballets)
Sinfonia Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E Minor
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