Jan Lisiecki Plays Chopin for You
Today, for the first time, I listened to pianist Jan Lisiecki. I was amazed at the range of emotion and passion that this pianist was capable of eliciting from the instrument. Jan Lisiecki was born …
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Mendelssohn’s Symphony #3
Although he made a short preliminary sketch in August 1829, Mendelssohn composed his Scottish Symphony in earnest from late 1840 to January 20, 1842. He dedicated the score to “H.M. Queen Victoria of Great Britain and …
Fazil Say Plays Mozart’s Sonata KV 330
Fazıl Say was born in 1970. He was a child prodigy, who was able to do basic arithmetic with 4-digit numbers at the age of two. At the age of three, Say started his piano lessons …
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Performs for You
Yo-Yo Ma’s parents trained their child to be cellist as well as a songwriter during an early age. He was born in 1955 to Chinese parents in Paris, France. His mother is a singer while …
Anne-Sophie Mutter Performs the Mozart E-Minor Sonata
Accompanied by his mother, Mozart had set out from Salzburg in September 1777 in search of the position his father was sure would bring him fame. Mozart did not return to Salzburg until January 1779, …