- Prokofiev's first began learning piano at a very young age, inspired by his mother. - His first piece was composed when he was five, "Indian Gallop" - He wrote his first opera when he was nine years old, "The Giant", along with other pieces He has composed around 179 pieces, with some of his most famous being: - The opera "A Love for Three Oranges" - The song "Peter and the Wolf - His ballet in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" (jan 1, 1896