Biography

Biography of Francisco Goya Francisco Goya – Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. Name: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes Date of Birth: 30 March 1746…

Biography of Felix Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn – German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early romantic period. Name: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Date…

Biography of William Byrd William Byrd – English composer of the Renaissance. Name: William Byrd Date of Birth: 1539/40 Place of Birth: London, England Date…

Biography of Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Rossini – Italian composer. Name: Gioachino Antonio Rossini Date of Birth: February 29, 1792 Place of Birth: Pesaro, Italy Date…

Biography of Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein – American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. Name: Leonard Bernstein Date of Birth: August 25, 1918 Place…

Biography of Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich – Russian composer and pianist. Name: Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich Date of Birth: September 25, 1906 Place of Birth: Saint…

Biography of George Gershwin George Gershwin – American composer and pianist. Name: George Jacob Gershwin Date of Birth: September 26, 1898 Place of Birth: Brooklyn,…

Biography of Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky – Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Name: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky Date of Birth: June 17, 1882 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Gustav Holst Gustav Holst – English composer, arranger, and teacher. Name: Gustav Theodore Holst Date of Birth: September 21, 1874 Place of Birth:…

Biography of Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Rachmaninoff – Russian composer, virtuoso pianist. Name: Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff Date of Birth: April 1, 1873 Place of Birth: Starorussky…

Biography of Claude Debussy Claude Debussy – French composer. Name: Achille-Claude Debussy Date of Birth: August 22, 1862 Place of Birth: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France Date of…

Biography of Edvard Grieg Edvard Grieg – Norwegian composer and pianist. Name: Edvard Hagerup Grieg Date of Birth: 15 June 1843 Place of Birth: Bergen,…