Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- April 1, 1873
- Died
- March 28, 1943 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Semеnovo, Novgorodskaya guberniya, Rossiyskaya imperiya (Russia)
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 the negative critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. For 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; in 1918, they settled in the United States, first in New York City. With his main source of income coming from piano and conducting performances, demanding tour schedules led to a reduction in his time for composition; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six works, including Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3, and Symphonic Dances. By 1942, his failing health led to his relocation to Beverly Hills, California. One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninoff was granted American citizenship. In Rachmaninoff's work, early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colors.[3] Rachmaninoff often featured the piano in his compositions, and he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument through his own skills as a pianist.
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Temirkanov e la musica russa a Santa Cecilia
Movie · Original Music Composer
Europiano (2/2) - The finest piano concertos from across Europe
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 Hayato Sumino in Wiesbaden
Movie · Original Music Composer
German Federal Youth Orchestra @ Young Euro Classic 2026
Movie · Original Music Composer
Riccardo Chailly & Lukas Sternath @ Lucerne Festival 2026 (complete version)
Movie · Original Music Composer
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Armonie di Speranza
Movie · Original Music Composer
Beatrice Rana @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Romanian National Youth Orchestra @ Young Euro Classic 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim in Buenos Aires - Great Moments of Music
Movie · Original Music Composer
Marc-André Hamelin @ Ruhr Piano Festival 2025
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rachmaninoff. Liturgy
Movie · Music
Riccardo Chailly & Alexander Malofeev Lucerne Festival 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
Liszt's Piano Concerto no. 2 with Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mikhaïl Pletnev with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Rachmaninov's concertos: No.1 and No.2
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mikhaïl Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Rachmaninov's concertos: Nos.3 and n. 4
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daniil Trifonov - Thanks to the Music
Movie · Original Music Composer
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Movie · Music
Hope for Peace Concert from the Frauenkirche - Dresden
Movie · Music
Tugan Sokhiev e Gary Magee
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vadym Kholodenko suona il Rach 3 con L'OSN
Movie · Original Music Composer
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Movie · Music
Bluebird
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Russian Youth
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Forbidden City Concert: Carmina Burana
Movie · Original Music Composer
Venti dell'Est per l'Orchestra Rai
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Edge of the World
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Symphonic Dances
Movie · Original Music Composer
Shokhakimov e Seong-Jin Cho con OSN Rai
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Rachmaninov-Sibelius
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Piano Forest
TV · Music · 3 eps
Eifman Ballet: The Brothers Karamazov
Movie · Music
Rachmaninov: Danze Sinfoniche per orchestra Op.45
Movie · Original Music Composer
Francesca Da Rimini
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Le star del pianoforte: Campaner
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rachmaninov: Concerto n.2 in do minore Op.18
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pappano e l'Accademia di Santa Cecilia: Puccini-Strauss-Rachmaninoff
Movie · Original Music Composer
Vibrato
Movie · Music
Romance
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 | Khatia Buniatishvili, Neeme Järvi @ Verbier Festival 2011
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lighthouse
Movie · Music
Waldbühne 2009 | Russian Rhythms
Movie · Music
Some Kind of Sadness
Movie · Music
The Miserly Knight
Movie · Musician
Stupid Boy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Monna Lisa
Movie · Music
Rachmaninov-Ravel
Movie · Original Music Composer
Happy Birthday!
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mr. Sobchak In His Shirt-Sleeves
Movie · Music
The Bursa
Movie · Music
Our Armoured Train
Movie · Original Music Composer
Chronicle of the Revolution
Movie · Music
The Defendant
Movie · Music
The Elder Son
Movie · Music
Apostrophes
TV · Theme Song Performance · 724 eps
Romeo e Giulietta
Movie · Music
The Broken Wings
Movie · Original Music Composer
White Nights
Movie · Music
The Clock Stopped at Midnight
Movie · Music
The House Opposite
Movie · Music
Stories About Lenin
Movie · Music
The Barbarians
Movie · Music
Aleko
Movie · Music
Moscow Skies
Movie · Music