Sergei Prokofiev´s seventh piano Sonata

Piano work is one of the main pillars of composer work of Sergei Prokofiev. There is reflected his close relationship to the piano as an instrument with broad expressive and technical possibilities, with a great tradition, and his rich experience of the artist, who had understanding in great detail the problems of piano playing and its expressive and technical possibilities. All that is connecting with a distinctive musical style and genuine compositional inventiveness. Prokofiev´a work includes a whole range of genres areas: ballet, opera, symphony, and above all - a large area of piano music. Prokofiev compositional style is manifested by five basic lines: innovative, classical, lyrical, toccata, grotesque. All go through his whole work, but their share is changing in different periods and different songs. Development and transformation of his style during his life were affected by artistic and social factors, the important role played his decision to stay abroad for a longer time and then to return to Russia again. One of the top of Prokofiev´a piano works, Seventh Piano Sonata, reflects all these facts. There are manifested all his style lines. It is a work of extraordinary conceptually rich. The key to its convincing interpretation is understanding of its score and the author´s intent in light of all the above. The aim of this thesis is to show all these influences and context and to highlight their importance for a deeper understanding of the work