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Robert Schumann’s song “Widmung” means “dedication”. That is why on occasion pianists will play this as an encore to honor their audience. Marked by its technical bravura, Widmung has remained one of the most popular …

Tsotne Zedginidze began piano lessons at the age of five, studying with his grandmother Nino Mamradze. Then at six, Tsotne started interpreting and composing and he became increasingly interested in music of the 20th and …

It is very difficult to either explain or learn the magic rhythm and the dance flow that is inherent in the music of Johann Strauss Jr. The Vienna Philharmonic is an expert at this, as …

Schoenberg composed his “Verklaerte Nacht” (transfigured night) in between September and December 1899. In a letter written by Schoenberg to the poet Richard Dehmel, he said: “For your poems have had a decisive influence on …

Composed in just over a month in November 1850, Schumann’s Third Symphony dates from the beginning of his tenure as municipal music director in Düsseldorf, a town situated on the famously scenic Rhine River. The …