Have You Heard of Conductor Lehav Shani?
Born in Israel in 1989, Lahav Shani grew up listening to music at home and at the nearby concert hall of the Israel Philharmonic. He says the music of Sergei Prokofiev always spoke to him …
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Michelangeli Plays two Beethoven Sonatas.
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli began studying violin at age three. He later entered Milan Conservatory as a piano student of Giuseppe Anfossi, graduating at age 14. In 1939 he won first prize at the Geneva International …
Pianist Chiara Opalio Plays Music by Brahms
The Venetian pianist Chiara Opalio was born in 1990 and began playing the piano at the age of three. At the age of sixteen, she graduated with distinction from the Conservatorio di Musica Giuseppe Tartini …
Young Pianist Tsotne Zedinidze Plays the music of Brahms
Tsotne Zedginidze began piano lessons at the age of five, studying with his grandmother Nino Mamradze. Then at six, Tsotne started interpreting and composing and he became increasingly interested in music of the 20th and …
Sviatoslav Richter Plays Beethoven’s Piano Sonata #31
During his lifetime of 57 years, Ludwig van Beethoven composed a total of 32 piano sonatas. It is quite a challenge to say which one I like best. Upon some thought, however, I choose Beethoven’s …