Who was Rachmaninoff's idol?
Who was Rachmaninoff's idol? As a young composer, Rachmaninoff followed in the tradition of his idol Tchaikovsky, adding to his composing skills a phenomenal prowess as a pianist and great gifts as a conductor.
What disability did Rachmaninoff have?
This is what Ramachandran and Aronson in 2006 stated about Rachmaninoff's hands: The size of Rachmaninoff's hands may have been a manifestation of Marfan's syndrome, their size and slenderness typical of arachnodactyly.
Why was Rachmaninoff exiled?
Increasingly unhappy with the political turmoil in Russia and in need of seclusion from his lively social life to be able to compose, Rachmaninoff with his family left Moscow for Dresden, Germany, in November 1906.