Like many of Russia's great composers, Alexander Borodin was renown in other fields beyond music. Although composer Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) is best known for writing one of the best Russian ...
Alexander Borodin has written 2 shows including Kismet (Composer), Timbuktu! (Composer). What awards has Alexander Borodin been nominated for? Alexander Borodin has been nominated for the Best Musical ...
Pianist Junhui Chen from Fuzhou, China graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music in 2019 and is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Juilliard School. In his graduation recital, Junhui paid ...
The man who wrote the opera 'Prince Igor' was a renowned scientist and chemist, besides being a great composer. Although composer Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) is best known for writing one of the ...
Many musical historians regard Prince Igor as Borodin’s magnum opus. But, strictly speaking, it should really be considered as his ‘magnum opus infectus’ – his great unfinished work. Despite spending ...
Even though composer Alexander Borodin spent most of his life pursuing science and medicine, he managed to contribute a number of musical works that were every bit as professional as those by ...
Four string players and a funeral: such a shorthand summary of perhaps the most stressful event in the extraordinary 70-year history of the Borodin Quartet tells only half the story. One of the ...
“I’m a composer in search of oblivion; I’m always slightly ashamed to admit I compose.” So said one of the most brilliant Russian scientists of his generation, for whom composing was only a hobby.
Russian composer Alexander Borodin had a hard time finishing anything. His friends had to finish his operas and get them performed, and they've never become part of the standard repertory. But some of ...
IT is unusual for a man to be able to follow with equal activity two such exacting and diversified fields of endeavor as science and music, without eventually foregoing one for the other. Alexander ...
For a full-time professional scientist to compose works of such originality and beauty as the Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) and the String Quartet No 2 is a minor miracle. Borodin’s first ...