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I have been a long-time admirer of violinist Nicola Benedetti. Her playing is direct, always supremely confident, and totally musical. The Elgar concerto is historic in that it was a young Yehudi Menuhin who travelled …

Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and She began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into …

Every portrait of Beethoven seems to drive home the impression that he was a composer whose music was emotional, often sad, brooding, and passionate. And while that was certainly the case, the masterful Emperor Concerto …

By  the  time  Yuja  Wang graduated  from  the Curtis  Institute in  2008,  she  had  already  gained  momentum following  the  spectacular  success  of  her  debut  three  years  earlier  with  the  National  Arts Center  Orchestra  in  Ottawa. …

There are times when a recording from many years ago needs to be re-visited. Today we have for you violist Pinchas Zukerman playing the Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert. Mr. Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv …