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Early life
Igor Stravinsky was born in 1882 on June 17 in Russia, He was raised in St. Petersburg by his father, a bass singer named Fyodor, and his mother, Anna, a talented pianist. Igor Stravinsky's dad died in 1902. His full name is Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky. Igor Stravinsky studied at Petersburg University and graduated in 1906. -
Early Work
Igor Stravinsky rose to fame in the early 1900s for his compositions for the Ballets Russes, including the controversial The Rite of Spring. Stravinsky brought his family to Switzerland and then France. -
Early Work
Stravinsky married Catherine Nossenko, with whom he had four children. In 1909, the founder of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev, invited Stravinsky to orchestrate a couple of Chopin works for his ballet Les Sylphides. -
Composition
Igor Stravinsky's first composition was The Firebird Suite. The ballet turned Stravinsky into a household name upon its premiere in Paris in June 1910. at the same year, Igor Stravinsky's second success "Petrushka" a really good composition. -
Premiere
The premiere of Igor Stravinsky's composition The Rite of Spring is perhaps the most famous scandal in the history of performing arts. -
Composition
Igor Stravinsky most famous composition is "The Rite of Spring.” the Rite of Spring is a ballet in two parts. The entire ballet was a concept formed by Igor Stravinsky, he wrote the music. The set and the costumes were designed by Nicholas Roerich. -
Departure to Switzerland
The outbreak of World War I forced Stravinsky to flee to Russia with his family and settle in Switzerland. He dealt with his homesickness by using Russian folklore as inspiration for his work, while other compositions from this time exhibited a jazz influence. Two of the best-known works from his Swiss period are Renard, composed between 1915 and 1916, and Les Noces, which he started in 1914 but didn't complete until 1923. -
Moving On
Following the deaths of his wife and a daughter from tuberculosis, Stravinsky moved to the United States in 1939. He gave a series of lectures at Harvard University, and in 1940 he married artist and designer Vera de Bosset. That year, Stravinsky also finished one of his most important works, Symphony in C. -
Almost Arrested
Stravinsky was almost arrested for his rearrangement of the state song during a performance in Boston in 1944, but otherwise, he found a welcome reception in his new country. He became a U.S. citizen in 1945 after living in Los Angeles and went on to enjoy more successes with operas such as The Rake's Progress in 1951 and Agon in 1957. -
Death
Igor Stravinsky died in 1971 on April 6 in his apartment in Manhatten. Stravinsky died because of a sickness called Congestive heart failure.