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I heard violinist Yoojin Jang play the music of Saint Saens a few days ago. I was very impressed! Her tone was warm and lovely. Her interpretation and technique made it clear that she had …

Composer Jean Sibelius was trained as a violinist, although he never became a virtuoso performer. He auditioned, unsuccessfully, for a place in the Vienna Philharmonic when he was 26, and it was difficult for him …

It was in 1862 that Brahms wrote the first two movements of his first Cello Sonata, the year of his first visit to Vienna. At the time, however, there still seemed some possibility of employment …

In 1783 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed two duos for violin and viola. It is said that Mozart’s friend Michael Haydn had become ill, and was unable to complete a set of six duos for his …

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), was one of the most extraordinary composers in the history of music. He was just midway between his sixteenth and seventeenth birthdays when he composed the Octet for strings. He wrote it …