But Diaghilev was not prepared to sacrifice his principles. Thanks to this, Ballets Russes gave the world Nicholas Roerich, Natalia Goncharova, Achille-Claude Debussy, Sergei Prokofiev ...

There were no flowers for Prokofiev. With every flower shop in Moscow requisitioned for the main event, he had to make do with potted plants from neighbours. Since his death was not officially ...

Sergey Prokofiev died on the same day as Stalin. Apart from the final years of his life, he managed more successfully than any other great Russian composer living under the dictatorship to maintain ...

Prokofiev programme from the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iván Fischer, featuring the pianist Levit, left us full of joy ...