April 1st is Sergei Rachmaninoff's 150th birth anniversary and his legacy is still up for discussion in some circles. At the heart of those discussions is the idea of "what makes a composer great?" ...

Tucked away between trees at the Cumberland Avenue end of World's Fair Park is a statue of Russian composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff, a man with seemingly no connection to Knoxville. As it ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — He is considered as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century and 80 years ago, he took his final bow in Knoxville. Composer Sergei Rachmaninoff played his last recital at ...

A young Sergei Rachmaninoff at the piano. We all need a little help from friends, and one of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most supportive friends was the great Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky ...

Northampton, MA - Smith College Department of Music presents Celebrating Pianos! Rachmaninoff at 150, a weekend festival celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, with three concerts ...

Celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff with co-hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies as they highlight three of his most beloved works. We'll hear Rachmaninoff's choral symphony "The ...

The Philadelphia Orchestra is pulling out the stops to celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian-American composer who was born into Russian aristocracy had a singular ...

On April 1, 1945, U.S. forces swarmed ashore on the Japanese island of Okinawa to begin what would be one of the longest battles of World War II. Entertainment News // 4 years ago Famous birthdays for ...

When the composer Sergei Rachmaninoff left Russia with his wife and two daughters at the end of 1917, he left behind all his works except the recently revised Piano Concerto No. 1 and the vocal score ...

Felder returns to Berkshire Theatre Group to portray the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, alongside Jonathan Silvestri as Tsar Nicholas II. Rachmaninoff and the Tsar will be performed live ...

The first sounds I heard after arriving at Philip Glass’ townhouse in Manhattan’s then-bohemian East Village to interview the composer in 1993 were extraordinary. Glass happened to be in his kitchen ...

In December 1917, with Revolutionary Russia descending into civil war, pianist, conductor and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) boarded a train from Petrograd’s (now St. Petersburg’s) Finland ...