Composers Archive

  Prokofiev Day. On Sunday, Sept. 7th, I spent some time with the music of Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. When I study music, I’m involved in active listening. The music cannot be “in the background” …

  Erik Satie: 1912-1915 Erik Satie was born May 17, 1866, in France, and he died on July 1, 1925 in Paris. As a composer, his unconventional, often witty style exerted a major influence on …

  Johannes Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra bring to a close their celebrated Brahms symphony cycle with the release of Brahms’ third and fourth Symphonies. The specific …

  Favorite Ravel. I was transfixed by the music of Maurice Ravel this morning. The second movement from Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G-Major has long been a huge favorite of mine. This morning I heard …

  Radu Lupu: Concerto recordings. Pianist Radu Lupu was born on November 30, 1945 in Galați, Romania. He was educated at the Moscow Conservatory in Russia. He has won a number of the most prestigious …