Sergei Prokofiev is considered one of the greatest composers of the 20th century... and a bit of a cold fish. The composer's diaries, held by Soviet authorities for decades, will soon be published ...

If Sergei Prokofiev had composed nothing except “Peter and the Wolf,” he would have left a sizable mark. The work has helped introduce generations of children to the instruments of the ...

Prokofiev, meanwhile, is tackling a string of commissions, including a second concerto for turntables – and some new musical creatures to add to the Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.

Fate determined that Prokofiev and Stalin should die on the same day – 5 March 1953. The composer's funeral, attended by 40 friends and family members, was hastily conducted a few hours before ...

A world premiere production of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev's "Music for Athletes," recently restored by Princeton music scholar Simon Morrison, will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, in ...

The Prokofiev felt a bit heavy-footed, fortissimos more forced than necessary, the third-movement Gavotte more plodding than dancelike.

Prokofiev We hear some bright, gentle music that came from Sergei Prokofiev in a time of utter chaos: the 1917 in Russia. The Prague Radio Symphony plays Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1, ...

Soviet pianist and composer Sergei Prokofiev died 60 years ago, on March 5, 1953. It happened to be the same day Soviet media reported the death of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, the man whose life ...

Prokofiev, who always believed in them when others doubted, must share their deep conviction that now is the gravest and noblest hour of their history, now is their Thermopylae and their Verdun.