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Mr. Perlman was born in 1945. Time flies, and some quick arithmetic tells us that he is now 74 years old. We have a glossy photo of the great violinist, signed and dated “April 2000”. …

Composer Antonín Dvořák was born on September 8, 1841 in what is now the Czech Republic. He composed symphonies, chamber music and at least one opera (Rusalka). Dvorak spent some time in the US as …

My 14 year-old Grandson called me just now, and he told me that he is taking part in learning and performing the Trio #2 in E-Minor by Dmitry Shostakovich. For me this was a WOW …

Martha Argerich was born on June 5, 1941; Mr Kissin was born on October 10, 1971. As such, Ms. Argerich already had more than 20 years of life experience when Evgeny was born. Playing Mozart, …

Pianist Lang Lang is certainly carrying out a career as a piano soloist now. Some years ago, however, he was still actively a student who was building his repertoire. I recall watching an interesting video …