Prokofiev left the conservatory in 1914with the highest marks of his class. Later he made a trip to London and made contact withballet impresarioSergei Diaghilev and composer Igor Stravinsky.

Written in tandem to Diaghilev’s Biblical ballet The Prodigal Son, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4 evokes the scriptural tones of sin and redemption. Kristian Alexander | conductor ...

<p>Updated Aug. 27, 2009</p><p>Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929) was a Russian ballet producer who was instrumental in opening dance to innovation, including the movement away from the artifice of the ...

But Prokofiev, the son of the manager of a large estate, was no political revolutionary. In 1918 he got himself a passport and took off across Siberia and the Pacific for the U.S.

LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters Life!) - Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev once sat down to dinner with Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Marcel Proust and Igor Stravinsky. Sign up here. For many, his ...

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Critic, choreographer, songwriter, ballet dancer and journalist - Sergei Diaghilev was a Russian artistic visionary and founder of Ballets Russes, which profoundly shaped the course of the dance ...

The False Diaghilev on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds New to 4 Extra. Dying in Venice, Serge Diaghilev, creator and manager of the Ballet Russe, reflects on his extraordinary life. Serge Lifar ...

Live at BBC Proms from the Royal Albert Hall: The Mariinsky Orchestra perform works by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich, conducted by Valery Gergiev. Who better than one of Russia’s ...