Located in western Bonn, Germany, the village of Endenich dates back to the 8th century. It was incorporated into the city of Bonn in 1904, and today it feels like a gentle continuation of the urban landscape. Driving into Endenich,

Today we’re charting the tumultuous courtship between classical music’s most famous couple: composer Robert Schumann and pianist Clara Wieck. Composer Robert Schumann was born on 8 June 1810, and his future wife Clara on 13 September 1819. They met in

The story of composer Robert Schumann’s life contains a number of Romantic archetypes: musical genius, alter egos, literary obsessions, artistic manifestos, mental illness, and a tragic early death. He was also at the centre of classical music’s most famous love

Are there still works by great composers that are practically unknown? Let’s take Robert Schumann, for example, and I wonder if professional pianists really know every single work he has written for the instrument. Professionals probably do, but as an

On weekends, I just love to get up late and lounge in my pyjamas for most of the day. After making plenty of coffee, I like to sit down at the piano and explore pieces I don’t play every day.

When the poet Friedrich Rückert wrote his Liebesfrühling (Love’s Springtime) in 1821, he was courting his future wife, Luise Wiethaus-Fischer. This complete collection of four hundred poems was first published in 1834, and from this most successful cycle of love

Romantic Era composer Robert Schumann had one of the most tragic life trajectories of the great composers. In his twenties, he fell in love with his piano teacher’s daughter, Clara Wieck. Her father disapproved of the match, and the young

The love story between Robert and Clara Schumann is often regarded as one of the most romantic in classical music history. Happily for historians, many of their love letters survive. They document their inner thoughts and emotions, as well as