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In the early 1800’s, as a youngster, Franz Schubert played string quartets with his parents and siblings. He would always play the viola part. Years later, until his death at age 31, Schubert composed more …

The first movement of the Double Concerto is among the most formally fascinating Brahms composed. It adheres loosely to the strictures of sonata form, but whenever themes reappear, Brahms varies them somehow, even in the …

Diana Adamyan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music where she studied with Petros Haykazyan. Currently she is a student of Ana Chumachenco at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. Diana …

Franz Schubert’s decision to use a second cello (rather than the second viola characteristic of Mozart’s quintets) permited him to explore the string trio texture in the middle of the ensemble, while making embellishments with …

Johannes Brahms was an absolute master of writing for the piano. He knew the sonorities of the instrument so well. As this expansive, four-movement concerto demonstrates, he was able to blend beauty with fire and …