Welcome to the course "The Music of Sergei Prokofiev"

     Sergei Prokofiev  (April 27, 1891 - March 5, 1953)


                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.