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Anton Arenski composed his D minor Piano Trio in 1894 and dedicated it to Karl Davïdov (1838–1889), who had been principal cellist of the St. Petersburg opera. The first movement, in the tradition of late …

Schubert wrote his Arpeggione sonata, which proved to be the only major work for the instrument, for Vincenz Schuster, a guitarist in his music-making circle. Nowadays the sonata enhances the repertoires of viola players, cellists …

Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla was discovered by the German Conducting Forum (Deutsches Dirigentenforum) in April 2009. A native of Vilnius, Lithuania, she was born into a musical family. Before pursuing her studies at the Music Conservatory in …

The Venetian pianist Chiara Opalio was born in 1990 and began playing the piano at the age of three. At the age of sixteen, she graduated with distinction from the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Tartini …

Johannes Brahms wrote his Three Intermezzi, Op. 117 during a short stay in the Austrian resort town of Bad Ischl in 1892. Upon completion, Brahms sent the intermezzi to his lifelong friend, Clara Schumann, who …