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Yuja Wang was born in Beijing in February 1987 and was encouraged at a young age to make music by her dancer mother and percussionist father. She is an internationally recognized concert pianist now… Yuja started …

Today I have for you the next in our series that we call simply “Introducing”. The intent is to share with you information and music by musicians who are, in my view, promising performers in …

Violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt has already established herself as one of the most sought-after violists In recent years. In addition to appearances as soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, the Jacksonville Symphony, and the Sphinx …

My post today features three amazing performers: Soprano Barbara Bonney was trained in Salzburg, Austria. She actually began as a Cello student, and switched to voice later. After an international career singing Opera, Oratorios, and …

I heard Lisa Batiashvili for the first time while I was on vacation in Toronto many years ago. She was fairly new to the concert stage, yet I heard a lot of promise in her …