Sergei Rachmaninoff

  • Known for: Sound / Music
  • Date of birth: 1873. April 1.
  • Place of birth: Semеnovo, Novgorodskaya guberniya, Rossiyskaya imperiya (Russia)

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conser...

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