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Tsotne Zedginidze began piano lessons at the age of five, studying with his grandmother Nino Mamradze. Then at six, Tsotne started interpreting and composing and he became increasingly interested in music of the 20th and …

It is very difficult to either explain or learn the magic rhythm and the dance flow that is inherent in the music of Johann Strauss Jr. The Vienna Philharmonic is an expert at this, as …

Schoenberg composed his “Verklaerte Nacht” (transfigured night) in between September and December 1899. In a letter written by Schoenberg to the poet Richard Dehmel, he said: “For your poems have had a decisive influence on …

“Gretchen am Spinnrade” (Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel) is one of Schubert’s most famous lieder (songs). The accompaniment mimics the whirr of the spinning wheel with constant sixteenth notes played in the right hand while …

Composed in just over a month in November 1850, Schumann’s Third Symphony dates from the beginning of his tenure as municipal music director in Düsseldorf, a town situated on the famously scenic Rhine River. The …