Composers Archive

Part of my afternoon today was devoted to listening to music performed by a young man of about 15 or so. Not an ordinary musician, for sure. It was young Evgeny Kissin, expressing beautifully the …

I began my day today by listening to the Violin Concerto in D by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, as played by Leonidas Kavakos. The concerto was composed in 1946, just as the Second World War was …

This CD features the Saint Saens Cello concerto, and also several other shorter pieces by Tchaikovsky and Saint Saens. All of the selections are performed by 21 year old Cellist Stephane Tetreault. Concerto for Cello …

I am listening right now to the concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra by Johannes Brahms. And I am enjoying it a lot, because the two instruments seems to come across as a single soloist. …

Shortly before my 7th birthday, my parents asked me what present I would want. My immediate answer was that I wanted a violin. So began my life-long love for music. Let me share with you …