Composer, pianist & conductor Igor Stravinsky was born on this day in 1882 | His signature works include three ballets from his Russian period (1902-1914), "The Firebird," "Petrushka," and "The Rite of Spring," in which he is known for experimentation with rhythm and meter | Here violinist Itzhak Perlman and pianist Samuel Sanders perform Stravinsky's "Suite Italienne" in 1989 | Read more at https://theviolinchannel.com/composer-pianist-conductor-igor-stravinsky-born-on-this-day-1882/ | The Viol

On This Day – May 29, 1913 – Igor Stravinsky’s "The Rite of Spring" premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. With pounding rhythms, jarring harmonies, and Vaslav Nijinsky’s raw, angular choreography, the ballet stunned the audience… and sparked a near-riot. "'The Rite of Spring.' Now that was a revolutionary piece: It changed the history of music with its strange new rhythms, its barbaric grunting and howling, and its massive dissonant chords." - Leonard Bernstein, Young People's Concerts: H