The book is about an outstanding musician of the twentieth century, whose unique creativity (a great composer, a brilliant pianist, a thoughtful conductor) has long conquered continents and peoples, and the loud fame and popularity of performance can compete only with the world fame of P. I. Tchaikovsky. "A wandering musician" - so Sergei Rachmaninoff repeated from his youth. Homeless childhood, unsettled life, wandering from house to house: Zverev, Satins, temporary shelter with friends, rooms for rent. The same wandering and inside personal life. Russian Russian melos and Russian soul, without which he could not compose, seemed to have prophesied a familiar career for himself in a foreign land - he became a wanderer, a wandering musician who brought with him Russian melos and Russian soul. The fate of the fatherland could not but touch his 'foreign life'. Helping Russians all over the world, sending parcels to those in need, donations for defense and the Red Army - all the benefits of the musician cannot be enumerated. But the main thing is that Rachmaninov's music supported people's souls. Combining them in the years of trouble and victory, the author of the book was able to succinctly and expressively recreate the image of a musician and a Man with a capital letter.