Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was born on Mar 18, 1844 in Russia]. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's big-screen debut came with May Night directed by Aleksandr Rou in 1952. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is known for The Snow Maiden directed by Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Veronika Borisenko stars as Lel and Leonid Ktitorov as Moroz. The upcoming new movie Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov plays is Simbad e il califfo di Bagdad which will be released on Jun 23, 1973.

Rimsky-Korsakov was a navy officer but soon discovered his love for music. Since 1861 he belonged to the group of Balkirev but later he returned to the traditional way of composing. He combined uniquely the Russian folksongs with the music of the Orthodox Church. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the first Russian symphony and Igor Strawinsky was one of his students.