Prokofiev

American  

[pruh-kaw-fee-uhf, -ef, -koh-, pruh-kaw-fyif] / prəˈkɔ fi əf, -ˌɛf, -ˈkoʊ-, prʌˈkɔ fyɪf /

noun

1. Sergei Sergeevich 1891–1953, Russian composer.

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Prokofiev British  

/ prəˈkɒfɪˌɛf, praˈkɔfjɪf /

noun

1. Sergei Sergeyevich (sɪrˈɡjej sɪrˈɡjejɪvitʃ). 1891–1953, Soviet composer. His compositions include the orchestral fairy tale Peter and the Wolf (1936), the opera The Love for Three Oranges (1921), and seven symphonies

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Example Sentences

But it is less likely they are acquainted with the Prokofiev score’s scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

On a stormy evening, the 45-year-old marketing specialist was heading to a Sergei Prokofiev opera at the Bolshoi's historic stage.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Again; the music was recorded, Prokofiev reduced in length and instrumentation, the score sanatorium-sanitized.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2024

The ballet, set in a draper's store at the turn of the 20th Century, will feature an art-nouveau inspired set with the traditional score by Sergei Prokofiev.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

He and Prokofiev were both mercifully spared the treatment accorded writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose criticisms of Soviet authority in his books and public statements landed him in a Siberian prison camp.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall