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violinist Zino Francescatti was born in Marseilles, France in 1902. His real name was René-Charles Francescatti. Both his parents played the violin, and his father René had been a student of Paganini. The younger Francescatti …

There are times when a new recoding by a well-known pianist and/or the use of a world-class Boesendorfer piano sheds brand new light into music that has been my great favorite for many years. Today …

In 1794, Beethoven met a precocious violinist, Franz Clement, who was only thirteen at that time. Shortly thereafter, he wrote to the teenager, “Continue along the road on which you have already made such a …

Born in 1990 in Vittorio Veneto, Chiara Opalio is the first prize winner of the prestigious International Prize “Rahn Wettbewerb” in Zürich, and the Solistenwettbewerb in Zofingen. More recently she is prize winner at the …

The Fantasie in F Minor, Op. 103, is Franz Schubert’s most-often performed piano duet and is considered one of the great masterpieces of ensemble piano repertoire. Schubert completed the Fantasie in 1828, just a short …