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Mozart’s Piano Sonata in D major, K. 311, was composed in Mannheim, Germany in November 1777, while he and his mother were on a lengthy trip that would take them to Paris the next spring. …

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, in 1979. Her father was a violinist and her mother a pianist. Before age three she was playing a miniature violin. She also studied piano in her …

Chopin composed his 24 Preludes during the mid 1800’s. Every time I hear the Op. 28 #4, I am profoundly moved… The Prelude Op. 28, No. 4 by Frédéric Chopin is one of the 24 …

Soprano Chen Reiss was born in Israel, and she came to prominence as a member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera under the music directorship of Zubin Mehta, and has for a number of …

It is hardly surprising that Mozart composed a number of sonatas for violin and piano – or rather, for piano with violin. In the duo sonatas that Mozart composed throughout his career, there is a …