Berlin Philharmonic Archive

Emmanuel Pahud received his first flute lessons as a six-year-old in Rome. Later he studied in Brussels, then in Paris with Michel Debost as well as in Basle, Switzerland with Aurèle Nicolet. He gained orchestral …

Violist Amihai Grosz works with artists such as Yefim Bronfman, Emmanuel Pahud, Mitsuko Uchida, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin and others. After 10 years of professional work, 2010 marked the start of something new for Amihai …

I will admit that I have had difficulties with Bruckner’s symphonies over the years. Most of these troubles centered around my sense that he brought his music to a high point that led me to …

The first version of this Serenade featured pairs of clarinets, horns, and bassoons, but within a short while the Viennese court established a wind octet which added oboes to this line-up. In his haste (as …

Sergei Prokofiev began work on his Third Piano Concerto in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1917, and, after a long interruption to concertize in America, completed it in October of 1921. He incorporated into it musical …