Born in Moscow, Jan 6, 1872 (O.S. Dec 25, 1871)
Died in Moscow, April 27, 1915 (O.S. April 14, 1915)
- Russian composer Aleksandr Scriabin studied composition with Sergey Taneyev and Anton Arensky at the Moscow Conservatory. A few years after graduating, Scriabin taught at the Conservatory himself, a position he held until 1903 when he decided to devote himself to composing full-time.
- Scriabin is best known for his orchestral music and piano pieces. His music became increasingly theosophical and modern, and while he had a devoted following of listeners during his lifetime, his music has only undergone proper analysis since the 1960s.1
- Fun/macabre fact – Scriabin died at the height of his career… from a pimple. The pimple turned into a sore which became septic, killing the composer at the young age of 43.2
Biography from the Scriabin Association
Sources
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Aleksandr Scriabin,” Encyclopedia Britannica (2023), accessed February 14, 2023, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksandr-Scriabin.
- Tom Service, “Scriabin: the agonies and the ecstasies,” The Guardian (2014), accessed February 14, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/music/tomserviceblog/2014/mar/28/russian-composer-scriabin-gergiev-lso.