Alexander Borodin

(1833-1887)

Russian musician

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Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Порфи́рьевич Бороди́н, Aleksandr Porfir’yevich Borodin, 12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian chemist and Romantic musical composer of Georgian ancestry. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of Classical music, rather than imitating earlier Western European models. Borodin is known best for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. Music from the In the Steppes of Central Asia, his Symphony No. 2, Prince Igor and his string quartets was later adapted for the US musical Kismet.

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Born	Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin 12 November 1833 Saint Petersburg
Died	27 February 1887 (aged 53) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Zodiac	Scorpio
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