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Borodin was born in Saint Petersburg, the illegitimate son of a Georgian Prince, Luka Gedevanishvili, who had him registered instead as the son of one of his serfs. He received a good education, including piano lessons, but it was chemistry in which he specialised, and he did not receive any formal lessons in composition until 1863, when he was taught by Mily Balakirev.

In 1869, Balakirev conducted Borodin's first symphony, and in the same year, Borodin started on his second symphony. This new symphony was a failure at its premiere, but Franz LisztFranz Liszt ( October 22, 1811 July 31, 1886) was a virtuoso pianist and composer. Ferenc as the composer is often referred, is the Hungarian variant of his name, although he was aristocratically German speaking. He was also christened as Franciscus . arranged a performance of it in GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east in 1880, and this brought Borodin some fame outside Russia.

Also in 1869, Borodin began work on his operaCharles Garnier's Opera, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. The drama is presented using the typical elements of theater such as scenery, costumes, and acting. However, the words of the opera,, Prince IgorPrince Igor is an opera in a prologue and four acts by Alexander Borodin (music and libretto). It was first performed in St. Petersburg on November 4, 1890. Borodin left the opera incomplete at his death. It was completed posthumously by Nikolai Rimsky-Ko, seen by some to be his most significant piece. It contains the Polovtsian Dances, which are often performed as a stand-alone work, and in that form probably constitute his best known composition. Borodin left the opera incomplete at his death, composition being slowed by his heavy workload as a chemist. It was completed posthumously by Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovNikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( , also Nikolai Nicolai and Rimsky-Korsakoff ( March 18, 1844 June 21, 1908) was a Russian composer and teacher of classical music particularly noted for his fine orchestration, which may have been influenced by his sy and Alexander GlazunovAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (or Glazounov ( August 10, 1865 March 21, 1936) was a Russian composer, as well as an influential music teacher. Glazunov was born in St. Petersburg. He studied music under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The first of his 8 sym.

Despite being recognised as an accomplished composer, Borodin always earned a living as a chemist, and gained great respect in that field also, being particularly noted for his work on aldehydeAn aldehyde is either a functional group consisting of a terminal carbonyl group, or a compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. Where -R represents the carbon chain. Structure The aldehyde functional group is a carbonyl group bonded to a hydrogen ats. As a result, describing himself as a "Sunday composer", he was not as prolific a composer as many of his contemporaries, but he did write the popular symphonic poemA symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in one movement in which some extra-musical programme provides a narrative or illustrative element. This programme could come from a poem, a novel, a painting or some other source. Music based o In the Steppes of Central Asia, two string quartets and a handful of songs and piano pieces. He also started work on a third symphony, but that, also, was incomplete at his death (two movements of it were later completed by Glazunov).

Borodin died on February 27, 1887 and was interred in Tikhvin Cemetery at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Polovtsian Dances also can be found in a Japanese animation called RahXephon.