Sergey Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (27 April [ O.S. 15 April] 1891 – 5 March 1953) 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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