Masterworks Conversation Concert: Russia, A Composer’s Revolution

Concert pianists Matthew Harrison and Vlada Yaneva explore the explosion of composers who brought Russia to the forefront of western music with a passion and genius that still shines brightly today. Tchaikovsky was the first and guiding light of a new voice that merged western forms with a distinctly Russian flair for raw, unbridled emotion. Soon followed the composer-pianist pair of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, classmates and rivals whose works rise to the summit of pianistic perfection. Stravinsky later changed everything music could be, leading the forefront of the avant-guard with a music that shocked and amazed audiences, and even provoked a riot in Paris!