Sonata Archive

Johnannes Brahms composed this sonata in the year 1894. During this period in his life he had perfected and reached a high level of maturity in his compositional approach to structure and emotional content. He …

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 …

Violinist David Oistrakh studied violin as a child with Stoliarsky in Odessa, making his debut there at the age of 6, and then continued his studies with Stoliarsky at the Odessa Conservatory (1923-26). Oistrakh then …

Grieg composed his Third Violin Sonata in 1887, a time when he was on the threshold of his largest fame, a circumstance that may explain his view of the Sonata as representing a wider horizon. …

Schubert composed his violin sonata in in A major in 1851. While the Sonata’s mood is predominantly relaxed and genial, the violin writing is more challenging than in the three sonatas of 1816. Schubert’s opening …