The Prodigal Son

The life of prolific Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev is portrayed through biographical onlocation flashbacks from his birth place intermingled with live concert performances from the historical Kirov Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra StPetersburg conducted by internationally acclaimed maestro Valeriy Gergiev These unique musical sequences give the dramatized episodes from Prokofievs life a timetranscending significance and actuality in todays everchanging Russia