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Sergey Rachmaninoff

1873 - 1943

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Sergey Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian piano virtuoso and composer. Under the advice of his cousin, a concert pianist by the name of Aleksandr Siloti, Sergey was sent to study under Nikolay Zverev. Some of Rachmaninoff's most famous works are "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini", "Symphony No. 2 in E Minor", "Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor" and "Symphonic Dances".

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