as for igor strovinsky, he often praised prokofiev in print, even calling him the most an accomplishedodern russian and declared that he admired him. this did not prevent strovinsky from sharply criticizing his younger colleague. about prokofiev's sixth symphony, he said, nothing could justify its monotony, there were no aesthetic or technical innovations in it. strovinsky called prokofiev's music for eisenstein's film ivan the terrible very chaotic in his words. the opposite of what can be called a musical thinker, in matters of musical form he was amazingly naive, in 1915 sergei diaghilev decided that prokofiev deserves to become the new hero of the russian seasons, provided that he needs to be re-educated, i will bring you... the plan was crowned with success, soon prokofiev wrote in his diary: i was very interested in stravinsky, because his works, to which i had been almost hostile two years ago, now pleased me more and more. we now met extraordinary friends. having heard my second concert, takata's second sonata, stravinsky began to admire me greatly, declaring that i was a real