To search the press groups, associations, sponsor for the site” News-art-culture.com”. Rachmaninov enters in music with big sensibility. The harmony is one of his musical characteristics; he searches   the colors in delicate tons for transparence piano’s notes. When you listen, his music you feel melodic vibration, the refinement compositions exalt without to define his mastery. For musical talent, he himself remain in meditation: He is the great composer or famous pianist? Sergei Vasilevic Rachmaninov to birth to Onega the 1 April 1873 and dead to Beverly Hills the 28 March 1943, he is been a Russian composer, pianist and director of orchestra naturalized American. His name is known in entire world, he crossing the music with the big success being one of the big composers and Russian pianists from musical history. 

RACHMANINOV FAMILY, THE STUDIES, MUSICAL CARRIER

He to birth into big family where he listens and takes ability musical notes, mother Ljubov Butakova is his psychic supportive instead the father Vasilij Rachmaninov remains an ex-military from Russian army. The father and grandfather have has pleasured for the music, they sing often to pianoforte, being into musical medium where he starts to know the first notes to pianoforte. To six years he starts the first lessons of pianoforte having the professor Anna Orvatskaija to Conservatoire of music to Petersburg. Having o big natural ability for the pianoforte and talent for the music, in the year 1881 he is recommended for a bourse of study to Conservatoire of Petersburg . For the madness, a wrong investment of father to lost all patrimony, Rachmaninov remains without money, enters in precarity conditions; the situation is difficult with threating of expulsion from Conservatory. Someone helps him! It’s the start for musical carrier wide of success? Without more thinks, the mother Ljubov Butakova enters  as  protective and lover of arts mother asking  help of cousin Alexander Siloti ( pianist stated)for  funding the son study. In time he transferring to Moscow for become the student of Nikolaj Zverev, a music professor more exigent which conferred him the calm and musical reflexes. After maintain the musical evenings where participate the musicians important of epochs, he meet Tchaikovsky with which he establish a relation deep profound , having in same time a big musical influence. The Moscow Conservatory offer him the possibility of express as composer. He enters under the style by Sergei Taneey and Anton Arenskij studying contra point and harmony technic starting to write and compositions. The success to can foresee! The sensibility of interpretation and harmony are important points in music of Rachmaninov! We start, curious, desired to known of more the carrier of Rachmaninov. He is the late romanticism composer of classic music with musical influences from Tchaikovsky, Rimsky, Korsakov, his music has a pronounce lyrism, expressive and varies tonalities in colors orchestral. The pianoforte is been his place of reference in compositions as instrument soloist and a part of orchestra. He presents the mastery in writing and talent for expressive melody. The first compositions are better in his compositions (symphonic Poem, Rostslav Prince and Concert for pianoforte and orchestra nr.1), continuing to write the pieces for pianoforte soloist and someone sings. In the year 1887 he composes the pieces from Andante and Scherzo in fa majeure for orchestra. He abandons the Conservatory anticipates the final exam at that participate with composition Aleko. He enters under protection of Karl Gutheil as editor with the composition’s publication until the year 1914. With the new editor Rachmaninov to renew in creation energy knowing the Mondial success in the compositions and executions at pianoforte. After representing the pieces symphonic Poem to Petersburg, a disillusion in same time he obtains the role of director to Theatre of Moscow leading  by Sava Mamontoz reinterpreting varies compositions by Gluck, Serov, Bizet( Carmen) , Tchaikovsky ( The lady of spades ). Between the others compositions to recognize the talent in Suite for two pianofortes, Spring sing, Sonata for violoncello. As director of orchestra at Theatre Bolshoi of Moscow he writes Francesca of Rimini and Knight stingy. In the year 1906 he travels in Italy and Florence, Marina of Pisa, Rome where he starts to compose his favorite opera , the sing” The bells” inspired of homonym poesy by Edgar Allan Poe after which tos transfer with family to Dresda where composes the symphonic poesy The Island of dead and Monna Vanna. The revolution of October 1917 makes him sadness, in same time to starting the evenings with killing Romanov imperial family, disillusioned of politic life decide to crossing Atlantic in United States. It’s the first pass of exile which has been in all life! He starts with the little repertory from his works following by Chopin, Liszt, Tchaikovsky with that obtain a contract with Steinway and Victor Company. He develops the news Composers styles , the luck , success followed him; The musical carrier  is been to maxim( Russia, Great Britain , United States). To New York he starts with thirty Concert for pianoforte , he triumphs to Metropolitan Opera , but nostalgy remains for Russia. In the year !929 he wins the prize Grammy Hall of Fame Award with the Concer for pianoforte and orchestra nr.2 , and in 1934 win the new prize Grammy Hall of Fame Award with Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini with the orchestra from Philadelphia . With the year 1943 has last concert as pianist. He deaths of pulmonary melanoma in 28 march 1943 to Beverly Hills. 

RACHMANINOV COMPOSITIONS

Music for orchestra: Scherzo in re minor, Suite in re minor, young Symphony, Rostislav prince, Rock , Don Juan, Caprice bohemian, Symphony nr.1, nr.2, nr.3….

Chamber music: Romance in minor for violin and pianoforte, Quartet for arches nr.1, Quartet for arches nr.2…. 

Pianoforte solo: Studies in fa diesis major in re minore, Four  pieces, Prelude in fa 

Pianoforte and orchestra: Concert in do minore, Concert for pianoforte and orchestra nr.1 2….

Pianoforte and orchestra: Concert in do minore, Concert for pianoforte and orchestra nr.1, 2…

Pianoforte solo: Study in fa diesis major, slow in re minore, Four pieces, Prelude in fa majore, Two pieces( Valse, Romance) for pianoforte at six hands , Rhapsody russe for two pianoforte…

Opera: Aleko, Knight stingy , Francesca of Rimini, Monna Vanna…

The music for pianoforte doesn’t can to be express without Rachmaninov. Always he searches the richness of tonalities in varies colors orchestral, the lyrism is pronounced in romanticism but without to leave the piano soloist. His triumph is in expressivity; the melody is harmony in his romanticism. Nostalgic in music with his Russian strong origins in compositions and in private life remains for all life the point of expression and musical reflexing. Innovative in executions he passes with the big ability from music for pianoforte at orchestral compositions without to can recognize which is his real talent. Pianist or composer? Remain as you to reflecting at his music, at great artistic personality, Rachmaninov express his sentiment in musical notes, a passing time at which we are presents.