Alexander Borodin

Alexander Porfiryevitch Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir’evič Borodin) (Nov.12, 1833 – Feb.27, 1887) was a Russian composer. Though during his life he had chemistry as his main profession, Borodin also became a well known musician. He is considered a member of the so-called “The Great Five”, a group of Russian composers who were dedicated to producing specifically national, grassroots kind of classical music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80+%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87+%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD">Read more on Last.fm</a>