If You Like Schumann, You Might Like Piotr Anderszewski

Heinz Holliger, born on 21 May 1939 in Langenthal, in the canton of Berne, is one of the most versatile musical personalities of our time. A conductor, composer, oboist, and pianist, Holliger has never stopped searching for the limits of

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In Frankfurt, Grigory Sokolov’s Schubert D960 did not sound like a work looking back. It sounded like a work leaving. That distinction matters. Many performances of Schubert’s last B-flat major sonata are shaped by memory: they invite the listener into

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It is never easy to be the child of a great composer. Many children wilt under the pressure of being related to a genius: look at what happened to Mozart‘s failed composer son, Franz Xaver, or Robert and Clara Schumann‘s

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Pianist Vanessa Wagner, a student of Fleisher, Fou Ts’ong, Perahia, and Weissenberg, is known for her innovative approaches that bridge traditional repertoire with contemporary and cross-disciplinary projects. Wagner is particularly known for her interpretations of minimalist works, especially Philip Glass‘s

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When the poet Friedrich Rückert wrote his Liebesfrühling (Love’s Springtime) in 1821, he was courting his future wife, Luise Wiethaus-Fischer. This complete collection of four hundred poems was first published in 1834, and from this most successful cycle of love

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