In 1997, Yefim Bronfman joined Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a recording of the three Piano Concertos by Béla Bartók. That recording, released on Sony Classical, won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance. The 1997

Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770), born in Piran on 8 April 1692, was acclaimed as “the greatest composer of his time” by the astronomer Joseph Jérôme de Lalande. “One cannot speak of music… without mentioning the famous Giuseppe Tartini,” he writes, “who

The Norwegian pianist and chamber musician Leif Ove Andsnes is consistently praised for his exceptional technical command, clarity of line, and deep musical intelligence. A reviewer from a recent Carnegie Hall recital praised the “light warmth and mastery,” noting an

The German polymath genius Johann Kuhnau was born on 6 April 1660 in Geising, in the Erzgebirge. His family, fleeing the Counter-Reformation, originated in Bohemia and settled in the area known as Saxon Switzerland. Kuhnau was a major figure in

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has played a central role in the illustrious career of Polish-Hungarian pianist Piotr Anderszewski. Born in Warsaw on 4 April 1969, Anderszewski spent part of his childhood in Paris, and then continued his studies

I know a lot of people who are almost afraid of the symphonies by Johannes Brahms. Everybody keeps telling them how wonderful and how great these pieces are, but it can be a little difficult to connect with them. Brahms

As a young girl, I just couldn’t stop reading the fabulous fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, and The Princess and the Pea feature 3-dimensional characters who offer timeless lessons

The Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovich, born on 1 April 2001 in Stockholm, made his concert debut at age nine under Vladimir Spivakov in Moscow. The son of a Belarusian father and a Kyrgyz mother, he started playing the violin at