Sergei vasilyevich Rachmaninov was born in April 1873 in a wealthy landlord's family in Oniga, Vavo, Cermino. His music environment is very good. Lapla
Sergei vasilyevich Rachmaninov was born in April 1873 in a wealthy landlord's family in Oniga, Vavo, Cermino. His music environment is very good. Laplace's great-grandfather studied under the famous pianist Fidel in St. Petersburg. Laplace's mother Anna Onaskaya graduated from St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. Laplace's earliest piano education came from her mother, which made him influenced by good music from an early age.
1882, his family moved to St. Petersburg. At the age of 9, rachmaninoff entered St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music and studied piano under Deminaski.
1885, under the introduction of my cousin, Laplace entered Moscow Conservatory of Music, studied under Zvilev, received extremely strict training, and laid a solid foundation. As a disciple of Zvilev, Rumsfeld had the opportunity to attend the party in the circle and met Rubinstein, Taneyev and Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. Successively, this had an impact on his later creation.
Rumsfeld wrote the first batch of original works from 1887 to 1888. Including Scherzo for Band and some piano sketches. 1889 was admitted to Moscow Conservatory of Music, and since then he has received more strict, formal and systematic education and training. He studied piano under the famous pianist Cilotti and composition under the famous composers Taneyev and Alensky. 1890, Sarah came to her hometown Ivanovka, where she met her future wife and cousin Natalia Satina. Rumsfeld, who fell in love, wrote a waltz and romance for his sweetheart. After returning to Moscow, Rumsfeld composed Manfred, an orchestra inspired by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's symphony of the same name.
189 1 and 1892 graduated from piano and composition classes with excellent results, and started an independent career in music. 189 1 year, Laplace completed the first piano concerto in his hometown. In February, 65438, he returned to Moscow and dedicated his first symphonic poem Prince Roskislav to his teacher Alensky.
Rachmaninov was active in the international music scene as a piano player in his early days. In his performance, he absorbed the strengths of pianists of past dynasties and created his own unique playing style, becoming one of the few outstanding pianists in the world at that time.
From 65438 to 0892, in order to hold concerts, he composed many piano pieces, as well as symphonic fantasia "Cliff", "Rhapsody on the Theme of Cigang" and other large band works. In March this year, Rumsfeld held his own concert in the Conservatory of Music, playing his own trio and the first movement of the piano concerto. On the other hand, Laplace stepped up his graduation work, the opera Alenko, which was adapted from Pushkin's long narrative poem Gypsy. This year, Rumsfeld won the gold medal and graduated from Moscow Conservatory of Music with excellent results. After graduation, Rumsfeld immediately threw himself into the busy concert performance. During this period, Rumsfeld also completed one of his most famous works, Prelude in C minor. During the summer vacation, Rumsfeld was very relaxed, and successively completed two sets of art songs and a fantasia. There is also the fantasia Rock inspired by lermontov's poems. 1895, Laplace completed the first symphony in D minor, which took many days. However, the work 1897 was a failure when it was premiered by Glazunov in Petersburg. For this reason, Rachmaninov fell into abnormal distress and his creation began to decrease.
1897, rachmaninoff was hired as assistant conductor of Moscow Mamontoff private opera house, and his conducting career began. 1897 The first symphony was premiered by Glazunov in March. Surprisingly, it was a terrible failure. After about three years, Rumsfeld was devastated, and even Fran Cesca da Rimini, which had already been written, was put on hold until several years later. 1899 I traveled to Europe for the first time and played, which was warmly welcomed by people from all over Europe. Due to the improvement of his mood, he resumed his music creation activities from 1900, and successively created Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Piano Prelude and Chorus in Spring. Among them, the piano concerto No.2 in C minor is particularly eye-catching, and it has won universal praise from the audience for its unique lyricism and poetry.
190110 In June, Laplace's Piano Concerto No.2 was completed and premiered. Laplace personally performed solo, and his works were a great success. Laplace also successfully overcame mental illness and pulled himself together again. Restored self-confidence, Laplace entered the creative peak.
190 1 completed the cello sonata and the second suite for two pianos. The following year, Laplace completed his first important choral work-chorus "Spring", which was written according to the poem of the poet Necrasov. Soon, Rumsfeld announced his marriage to Natalia.
1903 Xia La spent her time in her hometown. Compose the opera "The Greedy Knight". The eldest daughter Irene was born. Continue to write the long-delayed opera Fran Cesca da Rimini.
1906, Rumsfeld personally directed the premieres of Tragic Knight and Fran Cesca da Rimini. In February, Russia was in turmoil and Rumsfeld went to Italy. After the Dresden retreat; In the relatively stable environment of Dresden, Laplace successively completed the second symphony (1906- 1908). Piano Sonata No.1 (1907) and symphony Dead Island (1909).
1907 In May, Rumsfeld's second daughter, tatiana, was born. Ivanovka became Laplace's main creative place in summer.
1In the summer of 908, Rumsfeld completed the surprisingly difficult Piano Concerto No.3, which premiered in the United States the following year. In the following years, life was relatively calm. While touring heavily, Laplace has successively completed Thirteen Preludes (Op.32, 19 10), Music and Painting Etudes (Op.33, 19 165438) and The Second Piano.
19 13 Rumsfeld resigned from many contracts and wanted to use them for many creations. Another big move is to resign as the president of the Imperial Music Association. In February, Rumsfeld came to Rome and happened to live in the house where Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's younger brother modeste Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky once lived. 19 14 The outbreak of the war made Russia turbulent. Rumsfeld has been staying here in southern Russia. In September, Rumsfeld suddenly received an invitation from Sweden to perform in Stockholm. Rumsfeld took this opportunity to leave Russia with his wife and daughter. Also bid farewell to Russia; Rumsfeld went to Stockholm first, and then transferred to Copenhagen. Without a fixed income, Rumsfeld had to increase the number of games, but he still could not make ends meet.
19 18 At the end of this year, Rumsfeld received an invitation from the United States. 165438+ 10 In October, Rumsfeld's family moved to new york, USA. Under the arrangement of agent Charles Ellis, Rumsfeld became a signing artist of Steinway Company. Steinway arranged 40 Rumsfeld performances in four months to promote the piano.
19 19- 1920 Laplace signed a recording contract with Shengli Company to record his own piano works.
192 1 year, Rumsfeld got rid of the economic crisis and bought a house in the United States. The house was built like Ivanovka's old house and hired Russian servants. In Russia, everything is decorated as usual.
Rumsfeld's performances in Europe gradually increased from 65438 to 0923. After settling down, Rumsfeld devoted himself to composing music. At this point, Rumsfeld finally completed the Piano Concerto No.4. This lengthy concerto is dedicated to Russian composer metternich. Rumsfeld joked that his work is the Ring of Nibelungen in the field of piano concerto, which means the length of the work is amazing. 1927 In March, Rumsfeld personally played Piano Concerto No.4, which premiered in Philadelphia. Later, it was revised and submitted to TAIR for publication.
193 1 In June, Rumsfeld suddenly published an article by the soviet strike administration in The New York Times. On March 9, the Soviet government responded by forbidding Rumsfeld's works to be performed throughout the Soviet Union, and Rumsfeld immediately became the "enemy of the people" (the ban was lifted two years later).
In the summer, Laplace revised the second piano sonata again, and finished his last piano solo work Variations on the Theme of corelli, which premiered in Montreal on June 1965-00.
1934, Laplace completed the most important work in his later years in Chainal Villa.
Paganini theme rhapsody. This piano and orchestra work is Laplace's most famous music in his later years. The author uses the theme of "Day of Anger" in Paganini's famous capriccio to present 24 variations, among which 18 variation is famous for the movie "Seventy Years Back in Time". At this time, Rumsfeld's health has deteriorated, but in order to make a living, he still needs to continue touring.
1June, 939, Britain invited Rumsfeld to London to participate in the ballet adapted from Rumsfeld's music held by the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, but Rumsfeld failed to make it. In the autumn of the same year, Rumsfeld finished his last work, Symphony Dance, and revised the Piano Concerto No.4 here.
1942- 1943 Laplace felt unprecedented fatigue. At the beginning of 1943, the situation became worse and worse, and Laplace became weaker and weaker. The doctor initially diagnosed pleurisy with severe effusion. Ask for immediate bed rest. But Rumsfeld insisted on playing the concert in Knoxville on February 17, and then he had to end his tour and return to his home in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles with his family. In Los Angeles, doctors diagnosed the cancer as terminal and completely spread to the lungs and bones. According to Holovitz, a pianist who accompanied Rumsfeld at the last moment, Rumsfeld's condition deteriorated very quickly. 1943 On the morning of March 28th, Rachmaninov died at home at the age of 70.