Biography

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, From military school to composition

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov defied competition for making popular music shine forth within a full orchestra. Brought up in an aristocratic family, the young boy took his first lessons in composition at the age of nine. At first, he was to carry a sword and embark on a military career rather than play the piano. Rimsky-Korsakov attended the St. Petersburg Marine School while studying with the excellent pianist Theodore Canille who introduced him to the works of Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn.

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XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition: Winner's Gala (II/II)

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Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (St Petersburg, Russia)

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Valery Gergiev conducts Ravel, Tchaikovsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov — With Andrei Ioniță

Münchner Philharmoniker

Philharmonie im Gasteig (Munich, Germany)

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Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's long-lost work, Funeral Song

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Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg, Russia)

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Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Scheherazade by Jean-Christophe Maillot, music by Rimsky-Korsakov

Bernice Coppieters (Zobéïde), Jérôme Marchand (The Sultan Shariar), Oliviers Lucea (The big Eunuch)... – Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

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Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim perform Russian Songs

Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky

Berlin Philharmonie (Berlin, Germany)

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Verbier Festival

Yuja Wang plays Liszt, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin, and Ravel

Verbier Festival 2008

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XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition: Voice Final

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Malta International Music Festival

Sergey Smbatyan conducts Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

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Verbier Festival

Valery Gergiev conducts Shchedrin and Rimsky-Korsakov

Verbier Festival 2018

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John Neumeier's Nijinsky, music by Chopin, Schumann, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Shostakovich

The Hamburg Ballet

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Annecy Classic Festival

Yuri Temirkanov conducts Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

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Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride

Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage direction), Daniel Barenboim (music director) — With Anatoli Kotscherga (Sobakin), Olga Peretyatko (Marfa), Johannes Martin Kränz...