Piano 4 mains rachmaninov biography

Sergei Rachmaninoff was a titan of early 20th century piano music, creating finger-breakingly difficult pieces and heart-meltingly dark, romantic music.

Rachmaninoff piano concerto 4 original version

He was equally famous as a pianist and as a composer. I find Rachmaninoff's music sultry and passionate; most of it is very mysterious and gloomy - even old Rach himself said that he had trouble writing happy-sounding pieces!

His piano pieces are legendary.

Rachmaninov had bizarrely large hands, which meant he could cover about times the keyboard space a normal person could.

He also had an appetite for speed and a disregard for the safety of others. This scary combination means that a fair amount of his solo piano music requires superhuman skill to perform.

Let's have a look at Rach's life

Life

Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in in Novgorod, to an aristocratic family.

His father drank and gambled away the family wealth, so the rest of the Rachmaninov clan h