Concerto Archive

Yitzhak Perlman is celebrated by many as one of the greatest classical violinists of the twentieth century. Overcoming polio and its crippling effects, Perlman was a distinguished musician in his native Israel prior to entering …

Mozart composed his Clarinet Concerto for the clarinettist Anton Stadler, who was the most gifted clarinettist in Vienna at the time. It was the first clarinet concerto to be written by a major composer – …

The concerto for three pianos by Mozart is often nicknamed “Lodron” because it was commissioned by Countess Antonia Lodron to be played with her two daughters Aloysia and Giuseppa. The third piano part, intended for …

Before he became a composer, Johannes Brahms was a pianist and a choir director. He also traveled widely with violinist Joseph Joachim to perform the piano/violin repertoire throughout Europe. Later, when Brahms decided to compose …

During the period that Mozart composed his 19th piano concerto, he was the most admired pianist in Vienna. In fact, the year the work premiered, 1784, Mozart was so much in demand that during that …