Scriabin, Alexander

Alexander Scriabin was born in Moscow in 1872 and died in Moscow in 1915. Alexander Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist. Initially influenced by Frédéric Chopin, he composed in a relatively tonal, late Romantic language. His music is still performed and admired all over the world today. Later, independently of his contemporary Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a highly dissonant musical language that went beyond traditional tonality without being strictly atonal, and which was in harmony with his personal metaphysics. Scriabin was an innovator and one of the most controversial composers and pianists of the early 20th century. His independent, expressive musical legacy lives on.