The Emergence of Music
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Michelangeli Plays two Beethoven Sonatas.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli began studying violin at age three. He later entered Milan Conservatory as a piano student of Giuseppe Anfossi, graduating at age 14. In 1939 he won first prize at the Geneva International …
Yuja Wang Plays Some Encores
Outstanding musical and pianistic skills; Amazing stage presence. Sense of humor. Great entertainer. These are just a few of the qualities that endear pianist Yuja Wang to her listeners. Would you like to listen to …
Igor Levit Performs the Concerto #2 by Brahms
Brahms worked on the Second Piano Concerto for three years. He wrote to Clara Schumann: “I want to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with a very small and pretty …
The Violin Sonata In A-Major By Johannes Brahms
The Sonata in A-Major was written for Brahms’ friend, Joseph Joachim, for whom he had recently completed his Violin Concerto, and it shares that monumental work’s lyrical style, its concern to make the violin sing …