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The Piano Quartet in E♭ major, Op. 47, was composed by Robert Schumann in 1842 for piano, violin, viola and cello. Written during a productive period in which he produced several large-scale chamber music works, …

As compared to the other composers, Frederic Chopin was perhaps the most well known composer/pianist of his day. Having already earned early fame in his beloved Poland, he moved while still young to Vienna and …

In the early 1800’s, as a youngster, Franz Schubert played string quartets with his parents and siblings. He would always play the viola part. Years later, until his death at age 31, Schubert composed more …

The first movement of the Double Concerto is among the most formally fascinating Brahms composed. It adheres loosely to the strictures of sonata form, but whenever themes reappear, Brahms varies them somehow, even in the …

Diana Adamyan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music where she studied with Petros Haykazyan. Currently she is a student of Ana Chumachenco at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. Diana …