There is good reason to couple Robert Schumann (1810-1856) and Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) in the same concert. The older German composer and his wife Clara were mentors to the young upstart, and ...

There are five Schumann works in Karine Georgian and Jan Willem Nelleke's collection – four by Robert and one by his wife Clara – but none of them was specifically composed for cello and piano. The ...

Sept. 13, 2019, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Clara Schumann. Famous in her day as a concert pianist and champion of the music of her husband, Robert Schumann, Clara the composer had ...

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This week, Donald Macleod explores the lives and music of Clara Schumann and the extraordinary circle of composers and musicians she moved in. Today, the young Clara meets Fryderyk Chopin. Clara was ...

A teen cellist plays an electrifying arrangement of Monti's Czardas and speaks about organizing his own concert series to benefit a special Boston-area music program. We also meet a trio of close ...