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Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев) (April 27¹, 1891 – March 5, 1953) was one of the Soviet Union's greatest composers.

Biography

Early years

Prokofiev was born in Sontsovka (now the village of Krasne in Donetsk oblast), Russian Empire (now Ukraine) as an only child.

His mother was a pianist and his father a relatively wealthy agricultural engineer.

Prokofiev displayed unusual musical abilities at an early age and in 1902, when he started taking private lessons in composition, he had already produced a number of pieces.

As soon as he had the necessary theoretical tools he quickly started experimenting, laying the base for his own musical style.

After a while, Prokofiev felt that the isolation in Sontsovka was restricting his further musical development.