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26 September: Alfred Cortot Was Born
There is always one survey or another around that asks noted pianists to name their favourite pianists of all time. In one such survey, Stephen Hough and Angela Hewitt neglected to mention Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubinstein and instead chose
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25 September: Johann Strauss (Father) Died
Johann Strauss (Father) was the darling of the Viennese dance craze and simply known as “The Tyrant of Waltz.” As the leader of a hugely popular dance orchestra, he sent the pleasure-seeking and cheery population of imperial Vienna into throbbing
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20 September: Jean Sibelius Died
During the final decade of his life, Jean Sibelius achieved great popularity in English-speaking countries while central Europe and France remained essentially uninterested. Sibelius’ music polarized along ideological lines, and his supporters considered him the “last true successor to Beethoven
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18 September: Anna Netrebko Was Born
When Anna Netrebko first appeared on the stage of the world’s most famous opera houses during the 2002 and 2003 season, she was called “the biggest sensation to hit the opera world in years.” Described as one of opera’s hottest
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14 September: Luigi Cherubini Was Born
One thing is for sure, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini was born in Florence in 1760. There still seems to be a bit of discussion on the exact day of his birth, however. Some of that confusion comes from
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13 September: Nobuyuki Tsujii Was Born
The 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition became a huge catalyst for Chinese pride when Haochen Zhang, one of the youngest winners in the history of the competition, was declared a Gold Medallist. For much of the enthusiastic crowd, it
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4 September: Anton Bruckner Was Born
Born in the tiny village of Ansfelden on 4 September 1824, Anton Bruckner became one of the most innovative figures of the second half of the 19th century. Today we primarily remember him for his symphonies and sacred compositions, rooted
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3 September: Gautier Capuçon Was Born
Born on 3 September 1981 in Chambéry, Savoie, Gautier Capuçon comes from a highly musical family. Although his parents are not musicians, his sister is a capable pianist, and his brother Renaud Capuçon is an internationally established violin soloist and
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