• This musician is regarded as one of the most famous musicians of the 20th century.

• He was born in 1906 and came into limelight in the music field in 1926 at the age of nineteen.

• He left several teachers and Academy’s of music as his parents would feel like his talent was being wasted imitating other’s works.

• He has done several ballet and Opera compositions that are used till date

•Awards: he has received several awards from the Soviet union but his last award that he received was ‘gold medal of the royal Philharmonic society’ in 1966.