Violinist Vadim Repin
Violinist Vadim Repin was born in Siberia in 1971, and at age 11 he won all categories of the Wienawski Competition. His debuts in Moscow and St. Petersburg followed immediately afterwards and at the age …
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David Fray Plays the Music of Chopin
Chopin’s music had been absent from David Fray’s active repertoire for some 15 years before he recorded this recital, which comprises seven of the composer’s nocturnes, three mazurkas, a polonaise, a waltz and an impromptu. …
Music Is The Best Healer
The waltzes of Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804-1849) evoked the air of the Viennese countryside, beer gardens and new white wine (Heurigen). Those of his eldest son, Johann, Jr., at first had the same rhythmic vitality …
Schoenberg’s Violin concerto and Verklärte Nacht
In Arnold Schoenberg’s lifetime, almost forty years separate his Verklärte Nacht ( Transfigured Night ) from the Violin Concerto – the former still influenced by the idiom of Brahms and Wagner, the latter deriving from …
Wonderful Sounds of Gabriel Faure’
Gabriel Fauré was born in 1845. He was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among …