Janine Jansen Archive

Beethoven’s Septet was written in the winter of 1799/1800, and was given its premiere at the first of Beethoven’s benefit concerts, in the Burgtheater on 2 April 1800. The concert also included the first performance …

The Violin Concerto #2 by Sergei Prokofiev was completed and premiered in 1935.  At the time, Prokofiev had been gradually repatriating himself back to Russia, after more than two decades of building his career in …

Wolfgang Mozart died on December 5, 1791. He was 35 years old, and he created some of the most amazing music that generations that followed are able to enjoy: Operas, sonatas, chamber music, songs, symphonies …

Johannes Brahms composed this concerto for his friend and renowned violinist, Joseph Joachim. Many critics at the time claimed the music Brahms had written was too difficult as it included rapid broken chords, scales and double …

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–47), was one of the most extraordinary composers in the history of music. He was just midway between his sixteenth and seventeenth birthdays when he composed the Octet for strings. He wrote it …