Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (January 6, 1872 – April 27, 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. In his early years he was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin, and wrote works in a very tonal, romantic style. Later, Scriabin developed a substantially atonal and much more dissonant musical language, which accorded with his personal brand of mysticism.