Amihai Grosz Plays the Brahms Viola Sonata #1
Amihai Grosz was born in 1979 in Jerusalem, Israel. He initially learned to play the violin at the age of 5, before switching to the viola at age 11. In Jerusalem, he was taught by …
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Sabine Weyer Plays Music by Chopin
Pianist Sabine Weyer was born in Luxembourg City, and started playing piano at the age of six. She studied at the Conservatoire de Musique Esch-sur-Alzette, then at the Conservatoire national régional in France. Later she …
Yo Yo Ma Performs Bach’s Cello Suites
J.S. Bach composed the 6 Suites for violoncello senza basso during the years he was “Anhalt-Köthen Prince’s own musical director” at the court of Köthen between 1717 and 1723. At that time, music was prohibited in …
Vienna’s Concert Hall of the Friends of Music
150 years have passed since the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra began to play concerts at the Musikvereinssahl, The Golden Hall of the Friends of Music. Here is what this building looks like today. When I was …
Mitsuko Uchida Performs the Mozart Concerto #25
The piano concerto #25 by Mozart was composed for himself “or for a small circle of amateurs and connoisseurs”, which resulted in the fact that – excepting a few – it was not published during …