Sergei vassilievitch rachmaninoff
was born on april 2, 1873 at oneg, novgorod, russia.
he died in beverly hills, california,
march 28, 1943.

rachmaninoffs legacy

all during his life, and for many decades after his passing, sergei rachmaninoff was regarded as an anomaly, a throwback to the 19th century, as his music always expressed itself through an unabashedly romantic language at times haunting and foreboding prevestitoare at others, gentle, passionate and con molte dolce. but always, all these conflicting feelings are expressing his greatest works - such as the symphony no. 2, the rhapsody on a theme of paganini and symphonic dances. if listening to rachmaninoff seemed to some a futile exercise in depression and an exploration of the depths of sorrow, this was because of the complexity of the composer himself. but that was only half of the story for the listener will have found himself transported from the inevitability of death, to rise a...