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Igor Stravinsky
composer, conductor

Igor Stravinsky

  • June 17, 1882 Oranienbaum, Russia - April 6, 1971 New York, USA

Biography

Igor Stravinsky: the Russian influence

Igor Stravinsky, an unclassifiable composer, was accustomed to music from a very early age in particularly thanks to his father who was a famous bass at the St. Petersburg Opera. From Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, one of his teachers, he retained orchestral luxuriance and his first works were imbued with the shimmering colours of Russian folklore. His encounter with Diaghilev, who commissioned The Firebird ballet (1910), would determine the young composer’s future. Stravinsky began to travel and his insolent and disconcerting art made a name for him beyond the Russian frontiers.

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  • Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (St Petersburg, Russia)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bartók, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Golijov, and Bernstein – With the Labèque Sisters 01:37:52
concert
London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bartók, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Golijov, and Bernstein – With the Labèque Sisters

London Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conducts Berlioz, Beethoven, and Ravel – With the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Martha Argerich 01:23:45
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Orchestre symphonique de Montréal

Charles Dutoit conducts Berlioz, Beethoven, and Ravel – With the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, and Martha Argerich

Festival Montréal en lumière
Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's long-lost work, Funeral Song 01:35:33
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Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's long-lost work, Funeral Song

Mariinsky Orchestra

  • Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Webern, Berg, Ligeti, and Stravinsky – With Barbara Hannigan 01:25:02
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London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle conducts Webern, Berg, Ligeti, and Stravinsky – With Barbara Hannigan

London Symphony Orchestra
Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky – With Michel Béroff 01:19:58
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Bernstein pays tribute to Stravinsky – With Michel Béroff

The Historic Stravinsky Memorial Concert, April 1972

  • Royal Albert Hall (London, Great Britain)
Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto 01:28:10
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Sol Gabetta plays Elgar's Cello Concerto

With Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliner Philharmoniker

  • Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (Baden-Baden, Germany)
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play piano duets 01:22:49
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Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play piano duets

Mozart, Schubert, and Stravinsky

  • Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)
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MEDICITV.JP / Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim play piano duets

Mozart, Schubert, and Stravinsky

  • Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)
Karajan, The Second Life 01:19:23
documentary

Karajan, The Second Life

A film by Eric Schulz
Pierre Boulez conducts prewar works 01:00:01
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Pierre Boulez conducts prewar works

With the Orchestre de Paris and the Ensemble Intercontemporain

  • Salle Pleyel (Paris, France)
Daniel Harding and Charles Dutoit conduct 20th-century masterpieces – With Yuja Wang, Christoph Prégardien, David Guerrier, and Renaud Capuçon
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Verbier Festival

Daniel Harding and Charles Dutoit conduct 20th-century masterpieces – With Yuja Wang, Christoph Prégardien, David Guerrier, and Renaud Capuçon

Verbier Festival 2010
Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's Firebird 54:19
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Pierre Boulez conducts Stravinsky's Firebird

Pyramide du Louvre

  • Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
Alexis Weissenberg plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin 50:23
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Alexis Weissenberg plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin

Archives from the 1960s
Vaslav Nijinsky's The Rite of Spring & Michel Fokine's The Firebird , music by Stravinsky 01:42:53
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Mariinsky Theatre

Vaslav Nijinsky's The Rite of Spring & Michel Fokine's The Firebird , music by Stravinsky

Alexandra Iosifidi, Ekaterina Kondaurova... – Corps de Ballet of the Mariinsky Theater
Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress 02:29:21
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Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress

Robert Lepage (stage director), Kazushi Ono (music director) – With Laura Claycomb (Anne Trulove), Andrew Kennedy (Tom Rakewell)...

  • Théâtre de la Monnaie (Brussels, Belgium)
Jewels by Balanchine, music by Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky 01:31:38
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Jewels by Balanchine, music by Fauré, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky

With the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra

  • Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven, Blacher, Paganini, Stravinsky, and Dvořák – With Sarah Chang 01:26:59
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Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven, Blacher, Paganini, Stravinsky, and Dvořák – With Sarah Chang

Europakonzert 1995, Florence

  • Palazzo Vecchio (Florence, Italy)
Boulez conducts Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartók, and Boulez 01:34:52
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Salzburg Festival

Boulez conducts Stravinsky, Debussy, Bartók, and Boulez

Wiener Philharmoniker
Stravinsky's Œdipus rex 57:30
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Stravinsky's Œdipus rex

Julie Taymor (stage director), Seiji Ozawa (conductor) – With Jessye Norman (Yocasta), Bryn Terfel (Creon), Philip Langridge (Oedipus)...

  • Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto (Matsumoto)
Nikita Magaloff, pianist and teacher 54:23
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Nikita Magaloff, pianist and teacher

Private music lessons
Inside Stravinsky's Petrushka for Piano, Four Hands 01:09:31
master class
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Inside Stravinsky's Petrushka for Piano, Four Hands

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Inside Chamber Music
Master class with Wu Han 02:10:42
master class
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Master class with Wu Han

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Beatrice Rana plays Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky 01:38:01
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Fondation Louis Vuitton

Beatrice Rana plays Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky

Fondation Louis Vuitton
Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments and Petrushka 59:09
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MPHIL 360°

Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments and Petrushka

Mariinsky Ballet and Münchner Philharmoniker
Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss and Stravinsky – With Kristóf Baráti 01:14:02
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MPHIL 360°

Valery Gergiev conducts Strauss and Stravinsky – With Kristóf Baráti

Chamber Orchestra of the Münchner Philharmoniker, Mariinsky Stradivarius Ensemble
Lahav Shani conducts Dukas, Bernstein, Stravinsky, and Mussorgsky 01:11:59
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Lahav Shani conducts Dukas, Bernstein, Stravinsky, and Mussorgsky

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

  • Prairie des Filtres (Toulouse, France)
Fabio Luisi conducts Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Strauss 01:31:31
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Fabio Luisi conducts Stravinsky, Beethoven, and Strauss

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

  • DR Koncerthuset (Copenhagen, Denmark)

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