Sergei Prokofiev

Music & Performing Arts1891 – 1953

Romeo and Juliet, War and Peace

The enfant terrible who became Soviet Russia's greatest composer alongside Shostakovich. His Romeo and Juliet ballet is the twentieth century's most performed.

Key works

  • Romeo and Juliet (ballet)1938Dance of the Knights
  • Symphony No. 51944Wartime grandeur

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