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The TV cycle" Geniuses " is dedicated to the great Russian composers Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Scriabin, and Shostakovich. This year, the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of Prokofiev's death and the 60th anniversary of Rachmaninoff's death, and in 2005, the 30th anniversary of Shostakovich's death and the 90th anniversary of Scriabin's death. The importance of Russian music is difficult to exaggerate. We want to draw Parallels in this TV series between the life that surrounded each of our five characters and the music that he wrote. Each of them has a tragic fate in their own way, and their creativity has significantly influenced the world music process.
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- E1 Sergei RachmaninoffNext upJan 1, 2003 · 55 min
Synopsis
"The composer's music should Express the spirit of the country in which he was born, his faith and thoughts that arose under the impression of books and paintings that he loves. It should be a generalization of the composer's entire life experience... "I am a Russian composer, and my homeland has left its mark on my character and my views. My music is the fruit of my character, and that's why it's Russian music. I never tried to intentionally write Russian music...»
- E2 Sergey ProkofievJan 8, 2003 · 55 min
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"The first part of his 2nd Concerto, Scherzo, Prokofiev called "Running from the bogeyman". In fact, the whole life of a composer is a run from a bogeyman. In 1917,he went abroad. Unfortunately, Prokofiev could not organize his creative destiny abroad: he was disgusted with publishers, managers, impresarios, and businessmen from the world of music. Returning to the USSR in the late 20s, he was by no means full of hope and happiness. He had no illusions about the revolution and all that followed. But even in the West, it was getting harder to breathe, and the cloud of fascism was gathering. From one monster he ran to another."..
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Created by Andrei Konchalovsky
