Clara Clemens and Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Two Times Love Breaks
“A Gentleman Is Someone Who Knows How to Play the Banjo and Doesn’t” Mark Twain Considered the “greatest humorist the United States has produced,” Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as…
Andrea Bocelli: Why He Made Son Matteo Wait Years To Sing Before ‘Most Beautiful’ Moment
Andrea Bocelli sings with his children at Saudi Arabia concert Matteo is still only 23 but is fast becoming a global star. He shot to fame singing the…
The 2024 Uk And Ireland Tour With A 60-Piece Orchestra And Special Guest Has Been Announced By André Rieu
André Rieu has announced his 2024 UK and Ireland tour with a 60-piece orchestra and special guest. Here’s how to get tickets. The world-famous Dutch violinist and conductor returns…
Preserving The Memory Of Felicja Blumental, The Great Women Artists Who Shaped Music XVII
Polish-Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental was one of the few women who attained a solo career as a pianist in the early 20th century. Born in Poland in 1908, she…
Amid The Chaotic Sea Of Baroque Music, There Are Hundreds Of Works That Shine Like Beacons In The Night
Before the start of the classical period, baroque music was written in many forms by many composers over the course of 150 years. Known for its inconsistency, baroque music encompasses…
12 Pieces to Make You Love Chopin: Chopin for Novices
Chopin’s Biography for Beginners Frédéric Chopin Frédéric Chopin was born in present-day Poland in 1810. He was famous for a few things: • He wrote a lot of emotional solo piano…
The Great Women Artists Who Shaped Music XIX: Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac
Without patrons of the arts many great masterworks of the 20th century would not be delighting us today. Exceptional benefactors shaped our culture by opening their homes and hearts,…
Alicia De Larrocha Is One Of The Great Women Artists Who Shaped Music
Spanish pianist Alica de Larrocha was a favorite artist at our home when I was growing up and not just because of her diminutive stature. (She was less than five…
DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Reveals Details About His Tragic Passing and a Family Mystery
Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the most famous composers in Western music history. Composing such renowned works as his fifth symphony, Moonlight Sonata, and Für Elise, Beethoven’s music is known the world over.…
These Virtuoso Pianists Also Play the Violin Virtuoso: Listen to Them Here!
Being great at playing one instrument doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be great at another. But over the decades, a handful of fabulous concert violinists have proven to be fabulous pianists,…