Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alex Prior (born 5 October 1992) is a British composer and conductor who studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Prior was born in London to a British father and a Russian mother who descended from Constantin Stanislavski. Prior began composing at the age of eight and has written more than 40 works, including symphonies, concertos, two ballets, two operas, and a Requiem for the children of Beslan. At an early age, he began piano lessons. He later enrolled in the junior department of the Royal College of Music. At 13, he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory where, beginning in his third year, he studied composition with Boris Tishchenko and conducting with Alexaner Alexeev.