Maestros and their motor cars (31): Prokofiev’s big banger

Maestros and their motor cars (31): Prokofiev’s big banger

Orchestras

norman lebrecht

February 14, 2024

Before he left Russia in 1918, Sergei Prokofiev drove a huge Ballot car.

Pictured with the composer:  Vladimir Sofronitsky, Vladimir Dukelsky, and Lina Prokofiev.

Hat-tip: Aaron Trager

Comments

  • David K. Nelson says:

    Perhaps an obvious observation to readers of this blog, but Vladimir Dukelsky was a serious composer under that name, often linked with Prokofiev in terms of style, but in American as “Vernon Duke” (Gershwin suggested the Americanization of his name) he composed many hit songs including April in Paris, Taking a Chance on Love, I Can’t Get Started, and other standards.

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