Fact file
| Year of birth | 1872 |
| Year of death | 1915 |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Period | 20th century |
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ClevelandDebussy & Scriabin
Higdon, MacMillan, Debussy, Scriabin
The Cleveland Orchestra; Stéphane Denève; Jean-Yves Thibaudet
LondonRokas Valuntonis (piano)
Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schumann, Scriabin, Scarlatti, Debussy, Liszt
Rokas Valuntonis, Piano
ManchesterBeethoven’s Moonlight Sonata by Candlelight
Beethoven, Debussy, Scriabin, Liszt
Benjamin Powell, Piano
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LSO Futures: A mixed night of mostly new music at the Barbican
The LSO Futures season presented a programme of alternately effective, un-engaging and overpowering music at the Barbican.
Technical excellence but muted expressivity: Arcadi Volodos
Armed with extraordinary precision, the Russian pianist brings as much elegance to his compatriots Rachmaninov and Scriabin as he does to Schubert.
Lorenzo Viotti debuts with the Filarmonica della Scala
Viotti will return to La Scala to conduct Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in 2020. The programme this time round gave an indication of some of the positive qualities to expect. It also warned of some potential pitfalls.
Between two worlds with Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra’s Prom with Daniel Barenboim went in search of identity and found ecstasy
Intimacy and brilliant showmanship from Yuja Wang at the Barbican
A truly remarkable display from a musical giant as Yuja Wang wows the Barbican.
List of works
12 Études, Op.824 Preludes, Op.113 Morceaux, Op.25 Preludes, Op.74Caresse dansée for piano, Op.57 no.2Deux Poèmes Op.32Deux Poèmes Op.71Désir for piano, Op.57 no.1Enigme, Op.52 no. 2Etrangeté, Op.63 no.1Etude in C sharp minor, Op.2 no.1Etudes (selection)Fantasie in B minor, Op.28Five Preludes, Op.16Flammes sombres, Op.73 no.2Fragilité, Op.51 no.1Guirlandes, Op.73 no.1Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op.54Masque, Op.63 no.1Mazurka in E minor, Op.25 no.3Mazurka in E minor, Op.3 no.7Nocturne in D flat major for piano left hand, Op.9 no.2Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20Piano Sonata no. 2 "Sonata Fantasy" in G sharp minor, Op.19Piano Sonata no. 3 in F sharp minor, Op.23Piano Sonata no. 4 in F sharp major, Op.30Piano Sonata no. 5 in F sharp major, Op.53Piano Sonata no. 6, Op.62Poème alié in B major, Op.51 no.3Poème fantasque in C major, Op.45 no.2Poème-Nocturne Op.61Prelude and Nocturne for the left hand, Op.9Rêverie, Op.24Symphony no. 2 in C minor, Op.29Symphony no. 5 "Prometheus, Poem of Fire", Op.60Trois études, Op.65Vers la flamme, Op.72Waltz in A flat major, Op.38
