Choreographer

Maximilian Steinberg

Russian composer (1883-1946)

Born 1883 · VilniusDied 1946Soviet UnionRussian Empire
Maximilian Steinberg
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Maximilian Steinberg was a Soviet choreographer, born in 1883 in Vilnius, who died in 1946.

Biography

Maximilian Osseyevich Steinberg (Russian: Максимилиан Осеевич Штейнберг; 4 July 1883 [O.S. 22 June] – 6 December 1946) was a Russian composer of classical music.

Steinberg is less known today than his mentor (and father-in-law) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, his rival Igor Stravinsky, or his student protege Dmitri Shostakovich.

In 2014, Steinberg's choral concerto Passion Week was rediscovered and performed for the first time. It was instantly praised as a masterpiece by both lovers and performers of Classical music. This has triggered a revival of interest in the life and music of Maximilian Steinberg.

From the Wikipedia article “Maximilian Steinberg”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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