Rachmaninoff

American  

[rahkh-mah-nuh-nawf, -nof, rahk-, ruhkh-mah-nyi-nuhf] / rɑxˈmɑ nəˌnɔf, -ˌnɒf, rɑk-, rʌxˈmɑ nyɪ nəf /

Or Rachmaninov

noun

1. Sergei Wassilievitch 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.

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Rachmaninoff British  

/ rækˈmænɪˌnɒf, raxˈmaninəf /

noun

1. Sergei Vassilievich (sɪrˈɡjej vaˈsiljɪvitʃ). 1873–1943, Russian piano virtuoso and composer

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Example Sentences

And, at one point midpiece, it sounded as though one of the pianists was making a grand entrance to a Rachmaninoff concerto amid the beautiful roaring din.

From The Wall Street Journal

A dozen years later the Russian pianist who now lives in New York is a star whose playing can be compared with Rachmaninoff’s own.

From Los Angeles Times

For Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, the subdued blue shell lighting suddenly turned a shockingly vivid orange.

From Los Angeles Times

Like, when did the Mount Rushmore just suddenly become Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Rachmaninoff — all the other names that we know?

From Los Angeles Times

Even so, the gloom of Rachmaninoff’s final major work was dispensed by pure pianistic spectacle.

From Los Angeles Times