Editing Sergei Prokofiev (section)

==Legacy==
===Reputation===
[[File:1991 CPA 6314.jpg|thumb|right|A Soviet stamp marking Prokofiev's centenary in 1991]]
[[Arthur Honegger]] said that Prokofiev would "remain for us the greatest figure of contemporary music",<ref>{{harvnb|Nestyev|1961|p=439}}</ref> and the American scholar [[Richard Taruskin]] wrote of Prokofiev's "gift, virtually unparalleled among 20th-century composers, for writing distinctively original diatonic melodies".{{sfn|Taruskin|1992}} Yet for some time Prokofiev's reputation in the West suffered as a result of Cold War antipathies,<ref>[[Harlow Robinson|Robinson, H.]] "A Tale of Three Cities: Petrograd, Paris, Moscow." Lecture at [[Stanley Kaplan|Stanley H. Kaplan]] penthouse, Lincoln Center, New York, 24 March 2009.{{nonspecific|date=August 2019|reason=Not a published source}}</ref> and his music has never won from Western academics and critics the same esteem as [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s and [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s, which had greater influence on younger musicians.<ref>Dorothea Redepenning. "Grove Music Online."{{tertiary source|date=September 2023}}</ref> Nonetheless, his unique approach to composition (which he reflected on significantly in autobiographical writings) continues to receive steady musicological examination.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Daniel |last2=Minturn |first2=Neil |last3=Prokofiev |first3=Sergei |date=Spring 1998 |title=The Music of Sergei Prokofiev |url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-2909%28199821%2942%3A1%3C153%3ATMOSP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0&origin=crossref |journal=Journal of Music Theory |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=153 |doi=10.2307/843857|jstor=843857 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite thesis |last=McCusker |first=Joshua |title=Sergei Prokofiev and the Five Lines: A Semiological and Recordings-based Study of the Composer's Piano Performance Practices |date=2024-07-02 |degree=thesis |publisher=Monash University |url=https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Sergei_Prokofiev_and_the_Five_Lines_A_Semiological_and_Recordings-based_Study_of_the_Composer_s_Piano_Performance_Practices/26142991/1 |doi=10.26180/26142991.v1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Chapter 15. Sergei Prokofiev |date=2011 |work=The Pianist's Craft |pages=189–200 |editor-last=Anderson |editor-first=Richard Paul |url=https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/index.php?doi=10.5771/9780810882065-189 |access-date=2025-05-05 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |doi=10.5771/9780810882065-189 |isbn=978-0-8108-8206-5}}</ref>

In [[Donetsk Oblast]], the {{ill|Donetsk State Music Academy Named After Sergei Prokofiev|uk|Донецька державна музична академія імені Сергія Прокоф'єва}} and [[Donetsk International Airport|Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport]] are named in Prokofiev's honor. The latter facility was destroyed in 2014 during the [[First Battle of Donetsk Airport|First]] and [[Second Battle of Donetsk Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Alan |date=26 February 2015 |title=A Year of War Completely Destroyed the Donetsk Airport |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130232852/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/ |archive-date=30 November 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref>

The All-Ukrainian open pianists' competition named after Prokofiev is held annually in Kyiv and comprises three categories: piano, composition, and conducting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://piano.ua/pro-konkurs/|title=IV ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИЙ ВІДКРИТИЙ КОНКУРС ІМЕНІ С.С. ПРОКОФ'ЄВА ВІДБУДЕТЬСЯ 11-16 КВІТНЯ 2020 Р.|language=uk|access-date=9 August 2024|trans-title=All-Ukrainian Open Competition named after S.S. Prokofiev|website=piano.ua|date=27 October 2017 }}</ref>

===Recordings===
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Prokofiev was a soloist with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by [[Piero Coppola]], in the first recording of his [[Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)|Piano Concerto No. 3]], recorded in London by [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]] in June 1932. Prokofiev also recorded some of his solo piano music for HMV in Paris in February 1935; these recordings were issued on CD by Pearl and [[Naxos Records|Naxos]].<ref>Pearl Records, Naxos Records, amazon.com{{nonspecific|date=August 2019}}</ref> In 1938, he conducted the [[Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra]] in a recording of the second suite from his ''Romeo and Juliet'' ballet; this performance was later released on LP and CD.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=1 June 2014|url=http://www.parnassusrecords.com/our-own-cds/prokofiev-and-stravinsky-composers-conduct/|title=Prokofiev and Stravinsky – Composers Conduct|publisher=Parnassus Classical CDs and Records}}</ref> 
A short sound film has been discovered of Prokofiev playing some of the music from his opera ''War and Peace'' and then explaining the music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVgwaFUfBu8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/BVgwaFUfBu8| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Prokofiev plays and talks about his music&nbsp;... | date=24 March 2009|publisher=YouTube |access-date=10 June 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>