George Li, born on 24 August 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in a family of music lovers. His parents had immigrated from China, and the family frequently attended concerts in the Boston area. Classical music has been part of

Franz Liszt was many things: the most celebrated piano virtuoso of the nineteenth century, a prolific composer, a conductor, a teacher, and a Catholic abbé. He was also a prodigious letter-writer, and his correspondence reveals a mind that was restless,

Conductor Karina Canellakis was born and raised in New York City in a family of musicians. She entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied both violin and conducting. She later studied conducting at the Juilliard School. She spent

In a career lasting the better part of forty years, Claude Debussy composed nearly ninety art songs, also known as mélodies. He was not especially well educated in literature, but his mélodies became a vehicle for the development of a

In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel sat down at his desk in London and began setting a biblical text to music. Twenty-four days later, he was finished. The score he produced – 260 pages, 53 movements, running nearly

Poldowski is one of the more elusive figures in late Romantic music. Over the course of her life and career, she was known by many names, including Régine Wieniawski, Irène Wieniawska, and Lady Dean Paul. However, she has entered music

Dame Janet Baker was born on 21 August 1933 in Hatfield, Yorkshire, England. One of the most distinguished mezzo-sopranos of the 20th century, her radiant expressiveness and total absorption in her singing provided the foundation for subsequent generations of female

Some commentators hail Maxim Vengerov, born on 20 August 1974 in Novosibirsk, as “the greatest living string player in the world today.” While such claims must be approached with caution, Vengerov constantly seeks new means of creative expression. He freely