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Nikolai Medtner
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The youngest of five children, Nikolai Medtner was born in Moscow on the Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve. A younger contemporary of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano. His life's work consists of fourteen piano sonatas, three more with violin, three piano concerti, a piano quintet, two works for two pianos, many shorter piano pieces, and 108 songs including two substantial works for vocalise. His 38 piano pieces called Skazki (generally known as "Fairy Tales" in English but more correctly translated … read more
The youngest of five children, Nikolai Medtner was born in Moscow on the Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve. A younger contemporary of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number o… read more
The youngest of five children, Nikolai Medtner was born in Moscow on the Russian Orthodox Christmas Eve. A younger contemporary of Rachmaninoff and Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano… read more