Composers Archive

I have been a long-time admirer of violinist Nicola Benedetti. Her playing is direct, always supremely confident, and totally musical. The Elgar concerto is historic in that it was a young Yehudi Menuhin who travelled …

Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and She began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was accepted into …

Every portrait of Beethoven seems to drive home the impression that he was a composer whose music was emotional, often sad, brooding, and passionate. And while that was certainly the case, the masterful Emperor Concerto …

There are times when a recording from many years ago needs to be re-visited. Today we have for you violist Pinchas Zukerman playing the Arpeggione Sonata by Franz Schubert. Mr. Zukerman was born in Tel Aviv …

Today, for the first time, I listened to pianist Jan Lisiecki. I was amazed at the range of emotion and passion that this pianist was capable of eliciting from the instrument. Jan Lisiecki was born …