Clara Schumann’s Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann is more than just a dazzling set of piano variations—it’s a love ...
Earlier this month, the New Jersey Symphony presented a program under the baton of their music director that showcased disciplined playing and a unified sound. But on Saturday, the same orchestra ...
Transcription is an art. It’s not just playing something written for one instrument on a different instrument, it’s finding ...
So he returned to the Wiecks’ house, where he lodged and boarded, determined to become a world-famous virtuoso like Wieck’s talented young daughter Clara. Schumann’s mature career as a composer dates ...
Laura Tunbridge joins Andrew to discuss lieder by Clara Schumann in Building a Library. One of the most venerated nineteenth-century female musicians, Clara Schumann was known during her lifetime ...
The Wytheville Concert Series continues on Saturday, March 29 at 7 p.m. at St. John’s Episcopal Church. Pianist Anna Billias, ...
After intermission, came a previously unannounced addition, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22. Stepping away from the chasing and competing in the sonatas, her fresh voice added a calm ...
The Altoona Symphony Orchestra performs at the Mishler Theatre in Altoona. Courtesy photo The Altoona Symphony Orchestra presents “Women of Note — A Celebration of Female Composers and ...
Clarinettist Julian Bliss and pianist James Baillieu team up for a second time to perform the music of Clara and Robert ...
In her new book Women and the Piano, Susan Tomes asks why musicians who were hugely successful in their time are forgotten ...