Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer

Born: April 1, 1873 in Semyonovo, Russia

Died: March 28, 1943 in Beverly Hills

Studied at: the Moscow Conservatory

Professional: conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre, the Imperial Opera and of the Philharmonic concerts

Operas: Aleko, The Miserly Knight, and Francesca da Rimini

Influenced by: Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Liszt, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and Medtner

Notable: In 1917, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, he left Russia and never returned. After living in Switzerland until 1935, he immigrated to the United States and became a U.S. citizen shortly before his death.

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