Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Influenced by Tchaikovsky and other Russian composers, the piano figures prominently in his original compositions.
Lang Lang plays Rachamninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" in Episode 4084 of Sesame Street in an audition for Oscar's Grouch Symphony Orchestra.
==References==
*A poster for a Rachmaninoff concert adorns a wall of the Happiness Hotel in The Great Muppet Caper. The poster was for a December 1st concert at Paris' Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The program included pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff himself.
*In the trumpet gag to The Muppet Show episode 410, Gonzo says "What were you expecting, Rachmaninoff?"
*The composer's name was referenced with the worm band the Flying Rachmaninoffs on Sesame Street.
*In Sesame Street Episode 4126, Rocco's friends and family attend his birthday party, including Rockmaninoff, a rock with a white tuft of hair and wearing a monocle. Zoe mentions that he likes to play piano.
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