Igor Stravinsky's father was a singer at the opera, and thus Stravinsky became a student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov after a short stint as a law student. Very much influenced by Russian composers, only his sponsor Sergei Diaghilev in Paris was able to convince him to try new styles of ballet, e.g. "Le sacre du printemps"...See full bio »
2010Ice Castles
(writer: "The Firebird Suite For Orchestra- 1919 version")
2009Mao's Last Dancer
(writer: "The Rite of Spring Le Sacre du Primtemps")
2009Trust Me
(short)
(writer: "Le Sacre Du Printemps - Part 2: 'The Sacrifice, Glorification Of The Chosen Victim'", "Part I. 'Exaudi orationem meam'")
2009Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
(music: "The Rite of Spring rev 1947", "Symphonies of Wind Instruments rev 1947", "Sonata", "Les Cinqs Doigts", "Five Easy Pieces", "Glorification of the Chosen One")
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Recorded a number of his works with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s, all of which he conducted.
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