Few of Johann Halvorsen’s compositions have managed to withstand the test of time, but his Passacaglia has remained one of the most widely-performed string duos in the chamber music repertoire. The theme is from the …

Marked by its technical bravura, the song “Widmung”, (or Dedication in English) has remained one of the most popular encore pieces in the piano literature, allowing pianists to display their virtuosity. However, Widmung is much …

French composer Claude Debussy was too sick to be called up for military service when World War I broke out in 1914. His private battle with cancer on top of his nation’s battle with Germany …

Evgeny Kissin was born in Moscow in October 1971 and began to play by ear and improvise on the piano at the age of two. At six years old, he entered a special school for …

The story of Robert and Clara Schumann is a familiar one: He was a brooding, poetic soul with a passion for music, literature and composition and she the prodigious daughter of his piano teacher. Their …