Sergei Prokofiev was a Ukrainian composer born in
1891. Everyone around him could see what
a great musician he was becoming. By the
age of 5, he wrote his first piece, called “Indian Gallop,” which was written
down and saved by his mother. She knew
he would be famous one day!
at the keyboard in 1900
At 11, he
wrote his first symphony. His family
moved to Russia so he would have a better education. When he was older, he spent time living in
San Francisco and New York and Paris.
Each place he lived influenced how he wrote his music. Not only famous as a composer, he was also an
excellent piano player. You can still
find recordings he made on piano with the London Symphony Orchestra. One of his most famous works was something he wrote for children: Peter and the Wolf.
Our puppet show comes from his ballet, Romeo and Juliet, “Montagues and Capulets”. We call it "Monsters" as we listen to and act out the combined themes of Frankenstein, an Ogre, a dragon and more!
Click here for a video of the ballet for this section of music!
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