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Formed in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet comprises violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France. This international ensemble performs music of the Classical …

The smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) is a piece from Robert Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel op. 74. The transcription for piano solo was done by Carl Tausig, a Polish composer, pianist and arranger considered by some critics to …

At age 24, French cellist Aurélien Pascal has already won several prestigious international competitions, including 2nd Prize of at the 2013 International Paulo Competition and the Grand Prix, Prix du Public and the Best performance …

The Russian pianist, Grigory Sokolov, began studying the piano at the age of five and at seven he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. He gave his first major recital in Moscow at the age of 12, …

By March 1891 Brahms had composed nothing for more than a year; But then, when Brahms was visiting Meiningen, the conductor of the court orchestra drew his attention to the playing of their erstwhile violinist, …