Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who later worked in the Soviet Union. As the creator of acknowledged masterpieces across numerous music genres, he is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken—and Peter and the Wolf. Of the established forms and genres in which he worked, he created—excluding juvenilia—seven completed operas, seven symphonies, eight ballets, five piano concertos, two violin concertos, a cello concerto, a symphony-concerto for cello and orchestra, and nine completed piano sonatas.

27 April 1891

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Anouk Aimée • Coretta Scott King • Geoffrey Shovelton • Helmut Marko • Jim Keltner • Josef Hickersberger • Kazuyoshi Funaki • Nigel Barker (photographer) • Otto, King of Bavaria • Pik Botha • Terry Willesee • Tommy Smith (saxophonist) • William Hudson (engineer) • William W. Snow

Born in the same month (April 1891): Arnold Jackson (British Army officer) • B. R. Ambedkar • Dave Bancroft • Dorothy P. Lathrop • Edward Wilfred Taylor • Frank Barson • Françoise Rosay • George Adamski • Jack Buchanan • Laura Vicuña • Maurice Buckley • Max Ernst • Otto Lasanen • Tristão de Bragança Cunha • Vittorio Jano