Sergei Rachmaninov


Sergei Rachmaninov

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Born: April 01, 1873 in Semyonovo, Russia
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Died: March 28, 1943 in Beverly Hills, CA
Genre: Classical

Biography:
Pianist David Helfgott and director Scott Hicks turned Sergei Rachmaninoff into the hottest composer of the middle/late 1990s through the telling of Helfgott's life story in Hicks' Oscar-winning movie Shine. It is easy to forget, amid the hoopla surrounding Helfgott's eccentric recording of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto, that Rachmaninoff him... Continue Bio >>

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