Composers Archive

Mozart completed the piano concerto #27 in January of 1791, shortly before his thirty-fifth birthday. It was to be the last year of his life and his last piano concerto. He wrote it for himself …

Great news: Slowly, and with caution, the live concert season my be returning. Be careful, and wear your mask during public events in order to keep the recovery going. Recently I attended a wonderful live …

I was amazed at the mature playing of this young girl, called Chloe Chua: Chloe Chua, an 11-year-old violinist from Singapore, has been a violin student at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts School of …

Mozart’s piano concerto KV466 was introduced to the world at one of the composer’s so-called academies, i.e., subscription concerts: “produced by and starring W.A. Mozart,” as we might say today. The success of the Concerto …

David Oistrakh, the great Russian violinist, outstanding pedagogue, and esteemed conductor was born in the city of Odessa in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine). His father was David Kolker and his mother was Isabella Beyle …