Who is Diana Adamyan?
Diana Adamyan is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky School of Music where she studied with Petros Haykazyan. Currently she is a student of Ana Chumachenco at the Munich University of Music and Performing Arts. Diana …
Schubert’s Quintet for Strings in C-Major
Franz Schubert’s decision to use a second cello (rather than the second viola characteristic of Mozart’s quintets) permited him to explore the string trio texture in the middle of the ensemble, while making embellishments with …
Brahms Piano Concerto #2
Johannes Brahms was an absolute master of writing for the piano. He knew the sonorities of the instrument so well. As this expansive, four-movement concerto demonstrates, he was able to blend beauty with fire and …
Carlos Kleiber Conducts Schubert’s Symphony #3
Written in 1815 when Schubert was 18, the Third Symphony is notably concise, and shorter than the composer’s first two symphonies. But it also foreshadows ideas that would expand the scale of the symphony in …
Valeriy Sokolov Plays the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Violinist Valeriy Sokolov is one of the most outstanding young artists of his generation. Working regularly with the world’s leading orchestras, he has enjoyed collaborations with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Cleveland Orchestra, …