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The Third Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov was given its first performance by the New York Symphony Orchestra on November 28, 1909, with Walter Damrosch conducting. Rachmaninoff scored such a success – as soloist and composer …

Beethoven’s third quartet of his Op. 59 quartets is traditional in its four-movement form, but it is also tradition-defying in having as its Finale a fugue, which brings Bach instantly to mind. But what Beethoven …

Korean-born pianist, Yeol Eum Son, took her first piano lesson at the age of 3 and a half. She made her recital debut on the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series in July 1998. She studied with …

Austrian conductor Carlos Kleiber (1930–2004) only released nine studio recordings over the course of his fifty-career.He was famous for his elusiveness, often canceling concerts on short notice and appearing in only 96 orchestral concerts as …

Mystery and controversy surround the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major, and it seems that no amount of scholarly research can put the matter to rest. The tangled web begins in 1778 in Mannheim, …