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Text 1 Mikhail Glinka was the first Russian composer who became famous outside his country.0:06
People say that he is the father of Russian music.0:14
Glinka was the son of a rich merchant.0:18
He spent a lot of time traveling around Europe where he learned about progressive trends in the music of the time.0:20
Anyhow, later on he managed to find his own language in composition.0:28
Text 2 Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov was a Russian composer and a teacher of classical music.0:35
Born in Tikhvin, near Novgorod to an aristocratic family, Nikolai showed talent for music from an early age.0:42
Nevertheless, he studied at the Russian Imperial Naval College in St. Petersburg and then became an officer in the Russian fleet.0:50
Later, Rimsky Korsakov became professor of composition at St. Petersburg Conservatoire.0:59
Text 3 Sergei Prokofiev is widely admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.1:07
He was an only child.1:16
His mother was a pianist and her son's first music teacher.1:19
By the age of nine, he had composed his first opera.1:23
His compositions were famous for their originality.1:27
For some time Prokofiev lived abroad in the USA, France and Germany.1:30
In 1934 he returned to his motherland.1:35
Text 4 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 to a Middle class family.1:42
Like Schumann, a German composer who had a strong influence on him, Tchaikovsky studied law but later entered St. Petersburg Conservatoire.1:50
As he wanted to devote his life to music, he became one of the greatest composers that ever lived.1:58
A true romantic, he wrote music which was deeply Russian by nature.2:05
Text 5 Dmitry Shostakovich was born in 1906 in St. Petersburg.2:12
He began taking piano lessons at a very early age and became a winner of prestigious competitions.2:20
At the age of 13, he began to attend classes in the Conservatoire.2:27
After finishing school, Shostakovich started earning money as a concert pianist.2:32
At the same time, he wrote compositions.2:37
His Fifth Symphony was a great success and remains one of his most liked works.2:40
His Seventh Symphony became symbolic.2:46
It's associated with Russian people fighting against Nazi aggression during the Second World War.2:49
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