"My music is best understood by children and animals."
~Stravinsky

 

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian, and later French and American composer, pianist and conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.

 

Born: June 17, 1882, Lomonosov

Died: April 6, 1971, New York City

Compositions: The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Petrushka, L'histoire du soldat, Pulcinella, The Rake's Progress, Symphony of Psalms, Les Noces, Oedipus rex, Apollo, The Nightingale, Octet, Agon, Violin Concerto, Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C, Mavra, Le chant du rossignol, Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Ebony Concerto, Jeu de cartes, Perséphone, Concerto in E-flat, Mass, Le Baiser de la fée, The Flood, Renard, Trois mouvements de Petrouchka, Circus Polka, Concerto in D, Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, Requiem Canticles, Feu d'artifice, Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Les Cinq Doigts, Le roi des étoiles, Three Pieces for String Quartet, Pastorale, Canticum Sacrum, Threni, Cantata, Piano-Rag-Music, Sonata for Two Pianos, Symphony in E-flat, Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, Elegy for J.F.K., Quatre études, Variations, Quatre études, Op. 7, Ode.

Children: Soulima Stravinsky, Ludmila Stravinsky, Maria Milena Stravinsky, Fyodor Stravinsky

Spouse: Vera de Bosset (m. 1940–1971), Yekaterina Gabrielovna Nossenko (m. 1906–1939)

Parents: Fyodor Stravinsky, Anna Stravinsky