Bach Archive

Introducing Violinist Veronika Eberle

Sir Simon Rattle’s introduced violinist Veronika Eberle aged just 16 to a packed Salzburg Festpielhaus at the 2006 Salzburg Easter Festival, and brought her to international attention. She performed the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Key orchestra …

Emil Gilels Plays Bach

Pianist Emil Gilels (1916–1985) led the way to the West for the great post-war generation of classical performers from the Soviet Union. Before his amazing peers — pianist Sviatoslav Richter, violinist David Oistrakh and cellist …