Stravinsky is widely acknowledged as one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Notably, he experimented with and mastered a wide

  Igor Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto in D premiered on this day in 1931. The Violin Concerto was commissioned by Blair Fairchild, an American composer and diplomat who

  Russian-born American composer, pianist and conductor Igor Stravinsky died on this day in 1971 - aged 88. The modernist composer lived in Switzerland, France, and then