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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Country of origin: Russia
Birthday: March 6, 1844
Date of death: June 8, 1908

Upcoming Performances

Scheherazade
Conductor: Tuanyi Lu
Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
August 24, 2026 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) , Concertgebouw
Sonnwendnacht
Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
December 11, 2026 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper — Revival

About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer, took instrumental lessons during his Navy training days and in 1862 met Mily Balakirev who fostered his compositional education, Modest Mussorgsky and other Russian-oriented musicians. In 1871 he was appointed professor of instrumentation and composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire, was director of the Free School of Music from 1874-81 and was quite active as a conductor and teacher. Among his pupils were Alexander Glazunov, Alexander Grechaninov, Ottorino Respighi, Igor Stravinsky and Sergey Prokofiev.

Rimsky-Korsakov was the most prolific and, due to intensive self-studies, technically most skilled composer of the Mighty Handful. The main focus of his oeuvre is, on the one hand, on 15 operas, the multitude of forms and wide variety of style of which show influences of Mikhail Glinka, Russian folk music and later even Richard Wagner, and, on the other hand, on orchestral works which are in the tradition of Hector Berlioz and Franz Liszt and can mostly be classified as programme music, in addition to choral works, chamber music and piano works, songs and transcriptions (such as 'Khovanshchina' and 'Boris Godunov' by Mussorgsky). Rimsky-Korsakov's harmony combines chromatic and enharmonic boldness with archaic church tonality; his virtuoso instrumentation had a lasting effect on composers of the following generation, such as Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Igor Stravinsky.
 
Works:
 
Operas: Snow Maiden (1882); Sadko (1898); Mozart and Salieri (1898); The Legend of Tsar Saltan (1900); Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh (1907); The Golden Cockerel (1909).
 
Orchestral works: 3 Symphonies, No. 1 (1860-65, revised version 1884), No. 2 (1868, revised version 1897), No. 3 (1872/73); Overture on 3 Russian Themes (1866, revised version 1880); Spanish Caprice (1887); Suite: Sheherazade (1888); Overture: Russian Easter Festival Overture (1888); Piano Concerto (1882/83).

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  24. Dance of the Tumblers
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  25. Dance of the Tumblers (Grade C)
    Dance of the Tumblers (Grade C)
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    Composer: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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  29. Die Legende von der unsichtbaren Stadt Kitesch und von der Jungfrau Fewronia
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Performances

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  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sheherazade
    Conductor: Tuanyi Lu
    Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
    August 24, 2026 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) , Concertgebouw
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    December 11, 2026 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper — Revival
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    December 18, 2026 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
    Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
    December 19, 2026 | München (Germany) , Nationaltheater — Revival
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Azim Karimov
    Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
    December 22, 2026 | München (Germany) , Nationaltheater
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    December 23, 2026 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    December 25, 2026 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
    Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
    December 26, 2026 | München (Germany) , Nationaltheater
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
    Orchestra: Bayerisches Staatsorchester
    December 29, 2026 | München (Germany) , Nationaltheater
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    January 1, 2027 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Sonnwendnacht
    Conductor: Takeshi Moriuchi
    January 3, 2027 | Frankfurt am Main (Germany) , Oper
    In russischer Sprache mit deutschen und englischen Übertiteln
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    January 23, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus — First Night
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    January 30, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    February 5, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    February 28, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    April 4, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    April 11, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Die Zarenbraut
    Conductor: Julian Gaudiano
    April 25, 2027 | Magdeburg (Germany) , Opernhaus
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