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Korean-born pianist Yeol Eum Son has been praised for her rich concerti repertoire, ranging from Bach, all-Mozart, early German and Russian Romantic to Gershwin, Szymanowski, Ligeti and Salonen. As a soloist Yeol Eum has collaborated …

The Symphony #5 by Austrian composer Gustav Mahler begins in a loud and bombastic way with a trumpet solo that is followed soon with many Brass instruments joining in. At some point, however, listener requires …

The Ravel Quartet’s idyllic opening movement is an illustration of how Ravel’s scoring can be both delicate and lush. The ambling first theme is unimposing, indeed casual sounding, yet it dominates the entire movement. There …

I listened to an interview some time ago when violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter was asked what event caused her to become interested in becoming a violinist. She replied that her parents took her to a concert …

Robert Schumann’s “Marchenbilder” is a group of four “Fairytale Pictures” for viola and piano forms a tonally coherent suite of character pieces in the style of Schumann’s earlier piano pieces. There is no indication in …