Winner of the 1987 Leopold Mozart Competition and the 1993 Paganini Competition, Isabelle Faust is one of the most prominent young violinists of the day. Born in Esslingen, Germany, ten miles southeast of Stuttgart, Faust started playing the violin at

By 1843, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was at the pinnacle of his career. He was almost universally acknowledged as an exceptional composer, conductor and educator. He had just founded the Leipzig Conservatory, and hired Ignaz Moscheles, Robert Schumann, Ferdinand David, Joseph

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