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The Sinfonia Concertante by Mozart is in part about an extraordinary abundance of ideas and sonorities which pour out with a seeming effortlessness, like ripened fruit simply there to be picked. The opening orchestral exposition …

The first string quartet of the three Opus 59 Quartets by Beethoven is the most expansive of the three. Running well over half an hour, it opens with an amiable and supple theme stated in …

Born in Israel in 1989, Lahav Shani grew up listening to music at home and at the nearby concert hall of the Israel Philharmonic. He says the music of Sergei Prokofiev always spoke to him …

There are times when I suddenly hear amazing magic in an interpretation! We will hear more from this little girl…

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli began studying violin at age three. He later entered Milan Conservatory as a piano student of Giuseppe Anfossi, graduating at age 14. In 1939 he won first prize at the Geneva International …