Russian music stars deceased in Heart failure
Here are 1 famous musicians from Russia died in Heart failure:
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky (June 17, 1882 Lomonosov-April 6, 1971 New York City) also known as Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, stravinski, Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky , Igor Stravinski, Igor Feodorovic Stravinsky, Igor Strawinsky, Stravinsky, Stravinksi, Стравинский, Игорь Фёдорович, Стравинский, Игорь, Игорь Стравинский, Stravinksy, Igor Strawinski, Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovitch or Igor Stravinskij was a Russian composer, conductor, pianist and film score composer. He had four children, Soulima Stravinsky, Fyodor Stravinsky, Ludmila Stravinsky and Maria Milena Stravinsky.
His albums include The Soldier's Tale (Scottish Chamber Orchestra feat. conductor: Lionel Friend, narrator: Christopher Lee), Les Noces / Mass (Trinity Boys' Choir, English Bach Festival Chorus & Members of the English Bach Festival Orchestra feat. conductor: Leonard Bernstein), Apollo / The Rite of Spring (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Sir Simon Rattle), The Firebird, Petruschka / Symphonie in drei Sätzen (Philharmonia Slavonica feat. conductor: Hanspeter Gmür), Pulcinella / Rag-Time / Renard / Wind Octet (London Sinfonietta feat. conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen), The Firebird Suite, Pulcinella Suite, Scherzo Fantastique, Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra (Pierre Boulez conducts BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Ensemble InterContemporain), Pétrouchka / Le Sacre du Printemps (The Cleveland Orchestra feat. conductor: Pierre Boulez), Stravinsky the Composer, Volume II: Pulcinella, Symphony in C, Les Noces and Œdipus Rex (Eric Erickson Chamber Choir feat. conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen). His related genres: 20th-century classical music, Ballet, Opera, Theatre Music, Chamber music and Classical music.
Born into a musical family, Stravinsky began piano lessons at a young age and later studied law and philosophy at the University of Saint Petersburg. He started his career as a composer by creating music for the Ballets Russes, a famous ballet company, and gained international fame with his ballet scores for The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring, which caused a scandal at its premiere in Paris in 1913.
Stravinsky continued to experiment with new and innovative forms, including neoclassicism and serialism, and produced some of the most iconic works of 20th-century classical music. He also collaborated with artists of various disciplines, such as Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, and Sergei Diaghilev.
Following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Stravinsky moved to Switzerland and later settled in the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1945. He continued to compose until the end of his life and was recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Read more about Igor Stravinsky on Wikipedia »