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name: "Sergei Prokofiev"
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born: "23 April 1891"
died: "5 March 1953"
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# Sergei Prokofiev

Composer. Born 23 April 1891 in Sontsovka, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Krasne, Krasnoarmiisk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. Died 5 March 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 April 1891, Sontsovka, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Krasne, Krasnoarmiisk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]
- **Died:** 5 March 1953
- **Also known as:** S. Prokof'ev, Serge Prokofieff, S. Prokofiev, Serge Prokofiev, Serguei Prokofiev, Prokofiev, Prokoviev, Сергей Прокофьёв, Sergueï Prokofiev, Sergej Prokofjew, Sergeï Prokofiev
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49481, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006241/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58024

## Biography

Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor. He was born on 23 April 1891 in Sontsovka, Bakhmut Uyezd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), and died on 5 March 1953 in Moscow.

Prokofiev studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory. He lived abroad from 1918 until returning to the Soviet Union in the 1930s. His film scores include music for *Alexander Nevsky* (1938), *Ivan the Terrible, Part I* (1944) and *Lieutenant Kizhe* (1934). Excerpts from his ballet *Romeo and Juliet* appear in *The Turning Point* (1977). He is also known for the symphonic tale *Peter and the Wolf* (1936) and the ballets *Romeo and Juliet* (1938 premiere) and *Cinderella* (1945 premiere).

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, filmreference.com, classical-music.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Turning Point* (1977), Fi1m 70, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)

## Complete filmography (101)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Budapest Festival Orchestra - Kissinger Sommer Opening Concert* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo + Juliet* (2026), Music
- *Royal Ballet & Opera 2025/26: Cinderella* (2025), Music
- *Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Martha Argerich, Boian Videnoff - Mannheimer Philharmoniker* (2025), as Composer
- *The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet* (2025), Music
- *Pierre et le loup : Avec Jean Reno et Renaud Capuçon* (2025), Writer
- *Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Sheku Kanneh-Mason - My Playlist* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Villfarelser* (2024), Music
- *Bruce Liu Ruhr Piano Festival 2024* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Cinderella* (2024), Music
- *Royal Ballet & Opera 2024/25: Cinderella* (2024), Music
- *Liubov Nosova conducts the Paris Mozart Orchestra @ La Maestra 2024* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Pompier, bon œil* (2024), Musician
- *Asmik Grigorian @ Salzburg Festival 2024* (2024), Original Music Composer
- *Peter & the Wolf* (2023), Writer
- *Keys to the Heart* (2023), Music
- *The Royal Ballet: Cinderella* (2023), Music
- *Prokofiev: War and Peace* (2023), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *Cristian Măcelaru conducts Chopin and Prokofiev 90 years of the Orchestre National de France* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Daniil Trifonov - Thanks to the Music* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *New Year's Eve Concert 2022 With the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo and Juliet: Benjamin Millepied* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Dance Dance Danseur* (2022), series, Music
- *The Fiery Angel* (2022), Music, Adaptation
- *The Fiery Angel - Theater an der Wien* (2022), Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Romeo and Juliet* (2022), Music
- *Romeo and Juliet* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Fiery Angel* (2021), Writer
- *Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Matthew Bourne's Romeo + Juliet* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Cinderella* (2019), Music
- *Betrothal in a Monastery* (2019), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *L'angelo di fuoco* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Cinderella* (2018), Music
- *Romeo & Juliet* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Peter and the Wolf* (2017), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *50 Years of Dutch Ballet Orchestra* (2016), Music
- *The Fiery Angel - Bayerische Staatsoper* (2015), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet* (2015), Music
- *San Francisco Ballet: Romeo & Juliet* (2015), Music
- *Prokofiev: Cinderella* (2015), Music
- *Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)* (2013), Music
- *Romeo and Juliet - Mariinsky Theatre* (2013), Music
- *Legs - Atavism* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Prokofiev: Cinderella* (2012), as Compositor
- *Graeme Murphy's Romeo & Juliet* (2011), Music
- *Pierino e il lupo (concerto)* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Lucerne Festival: Mahler: Symphony No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Gambler* (2009), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *Abbado Conducts Mahler No. 1 & Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3* (2009), Original Music Composer, Sound
- *Alice in Not So Wonderland* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Romeo & Juliet - The Royal Ballet* (2007), Music
- *Peter & the Wolf* (2006), Writer, Music, Original Story
- *Game* (2006), Music
- *Betrothal In A Monastery - Prokofiev* (2005), Writer
- *The Love for Three Oranges - Aix-en-Provence* (2004), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *Romeo & Juliet - Les  Ballets de Monte-Carlo* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Витрина* (2000), Music
- *War and Peace* (2000), Writer
- *Cinderella* (1997), Music
- *Peter and the Wolf* (1995), Music
- *The Fiery Angel* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *War and Peace* (1991), Lyricist, Music
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *The Stone Flower* (1990), as Compositor
- *The Love for Three Oranges* (1989), Music, Writer
- *I'm the King of the Castle* (1989), Music
- *Cinderella* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Eine Bewegung der Zeit* (1987), Music
- *The Walk* (1986), Music
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1984), Musical, Writer
- *Masquerade* (1981), Music
- *Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola* (1981), Actor
- *Caligula* (1979), Music
- *The Turning Point* (1977), Music — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-turning-point.md)
- *Love and Death* (1975), Music
- *Ephemerities* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Peter and the Wolf* (1974), Music
- *The Love of Three Oranges* (1971), Original Music Composer, Opera
- *Cinderella* (1970), Music
- *Boris Godunov. Scenes from the Tragedy* (1970), Music
- *Trapezium* (1970), Music
- *The Flaxton Boys* (1969), series, as Theme Song Performance
- *The Window* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *Kamenný kvítek* (1958), Music
- *Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *The Beast with a Million Eyes* (1955), Music
- *Romeo and Juliet* (1955), Music
- *Popelka* (1953), Music
- *Long Live the Dockers* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Peter and the Wolf* (1946), Writer, Music
- *Ivan the Terrible, Part I* (1944), Original Music Composer
- *Lermontov* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Guerrillas in the steppes of Ukraine* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Kotovsky* (1943), Original Music Composer
- *Our Girls* (1942), Original Music Composer
- *Alexander Nevsky* (1938), Original Music Composer
- *Lieutenant Kijé* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *The Kremlin Ballet: Romeo and Juliet*, Music

## Gallery

- ![Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-37c947b504f1.jpg) Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Sergei_Prokofiev_02.jpg/1280px-Sergei_Prokofiev_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sergei Prokofiev](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-b3e407272795.jpg) Sergei Prokofiev — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Sergei_Prokofiev_circa_1918_over_Chair_Bain.jpg/1280px-Sergei_Prokofiev_circa_1918_over_Chair_Bain.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-799cb746d7e2.jpg) Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. — Bain News Service, publisher.  Restored by User:MyCatIsAChonk, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Prokofieff_%28i.e._Prokofiev%29_LCCN2014708419_Crop_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1918)](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-4bccc5a0ea5c.jpg) Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1918) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Prokofieff_%28i.e._Prokofiev%29_LCCN2014708409.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sergei Prokofiev](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-c010b47a453c.jpg) Sergei Prokofiev — Image via TMDB
- ![Sujet : Prokofʹev, Sergej Sergeevič (1891-1953) -- Portraits Portraits -- 1914-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 98033 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire  (1925)](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-cb8166f47d4f.jpg) Sujet : Prokofʹev, Sergej Sergeevič (1891-1953) -- Portraits Portraits -- 1914-1945 Référence bibliographique : Rol, 98033 Appartient à l’ensemble documentaire  (1925) — Agence Rol, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Prokofjeff_%28i.e._Sergue%C3%AF_Prokofiev%29%2C_compositeur_russe_%28Rol%29_-_btv1b53143406z.jpg/1280px-Prokofjeff_%28i.e._Sergue%C3%AF_Prokofiev%29%2C_compositeur_russe_%28Rol%29_-_btv1b53143406z.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1918)](https://film.one/media/person/1245470/gallery-6e2dd204d337.jpg) Title: Prokofieff [i.e. Prokofiev] Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1918) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Prokofieff_%28i.e._Prokofiev%29_LCCN2014708411.jpg/1280px-Prokofieff_%28i.e._Prokofiev%29_LCCN2014708411.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 11 won

- Lenin Prize 1957: Lenin Prize (won)
- Stalin Prize 1952: Stalin Prize (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1952: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won)
- Stalin Prize 1947: Stalin Prize (won)
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree 1947: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (won)
- Stalin Prize 1946: Stalin Prize (won), for *Symphony No. 5*
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree 1946: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (won)
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic 1944: Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (won)
- Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal 1944: Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (won)
- Stalin Prize 1943: Stalin Prize (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1943: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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