Anatole Leikin

When Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin's music was performed during his lifetime, it always elicited ecstatic responses from the listeners. Wilhelm Gericke, conductor of the Vienna opera, rushed backstage after one of Scriabin's concerts and fell on his knees crying, "It's genius, it's genius...". After the composer’s death in 1915, however, his music steadily lost the captivating appeal it once held. The...