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Interesting Facts about this famous classical composer and musician are as follows:

  • Fact 1 - Accomplishments and reasons Borodin is famous: Classical Composer and musician - he was one of the leading Romantic Period Composers

  • Fact 2 - Date of Birth: Borodin was born on October 31, (or November 12) 1833
  • Fact 3 - Place of Birth: St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Fact 4 - Full Name: Alexander Borodin aka Aleksandr Porfiryevich Borodin
  • Fact 5 - Lifespan: 1833-1887
  • Fact 6 - Name of mother and father: He was the illegitimate son of a Russian noble, Prince Luka Gedevanishvili and Evdokia Konstantinovna Antonova. He was registered as the son of one of Prince Luka Gedevanishvili's servants whose name was Porfiry Borodin
  • Fact 7 - Family background: His mother had two other illegitimate sons by Prince Luka
  • Fact 8 - Childhood and education: Borodin had and excellent education and learned how to play the cello, flute and piano. He was interested in medicine and attended the Medico-Surgical Academy from where he received a doctorate.
  • Fact 9 - Borodin became became a full time professor at the Medico-Surgical Academy and pursued a career in chemistry
  • Fact 10 - He improved his musical hobby whilst following his chosen profession and started composing seriously encouraged by his mentor Rimsky-Korsakov. Borodin played the piano, flute, violin and cello
  • Fact 11 - Borodin gained prominence as a composer in Europe when Lranz Liszt  arranged a performance of the Symphony No. 1 in Germany in 1880
  • Fact 12 - Borodin spoke French, German, English, Italian and Russian
  • Fact 13 - Alexander Borodin married Ekaterina Protopova, a Russian pianist. They had no children however they adopted various children in need
  • Fact 14 - Borodin was one of "The Mighty Five" a group of five Russian composers who wanted to establish a nationalist school of music. "The Mighty Five" were Borodin, Balakirev, Cui, Mussogrsky and Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Fact 15 - In 1954 Borodin was posthumously awarded a Tony Award for his song "Stranger in Paradise"
  • Fact 16 - Date of Death: Alexander Borodin died on February 15, (or February 27, 1887) in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Fact 17 - His types of compositions and works included operas, songs and symphonies
  • Fact 18 - His opera "Price Igor" was left not finished when Alexander Borodin died and was completed by Aleksandr Glazunov and Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Fact 19 - The music of Alexander Borodin lives on and the musical works of this famous composer and musician include the following:
    • Famous Song: Stranger in Paradise for the musical Kismet, by Robert Wright and George Forrest
      Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major
      Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
      Symphony No. 3 in A Minor
      Steppes of Central Asia (tone poem)
      Prince Igor and The Tsar's Bride (operas)

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