Sergey Rachmaninov

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1 April [ O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist , and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music . Early influences of Tchaikovsky , Rimsky-Korsakov , and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness , dense contrapuntal textures, and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he used his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument.

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