‘We have to constantly stay curious’ Contrast and exploration define the work of French cellist Juliette Herlin. Hailing from Paris and now based in Texas, a thriving teaching practice alongside a demanding calendar of performance engagements, diving wholeheartedly into music
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Few Romantic Era love stories are as passionate – or as tumultuous – as the relationship between Franz Liszt and Marie d’Agoult. What began as an unexpected meeting in a Parisian salon in the early 1830s blossomed into an intense
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Inspirations Behind Christopher Berg’s Les Loisirs de la Poste The French poet Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898) is best-known in the musical world for the poem L’après-midi d’un faune (1876), which was the inspirational basis for Debussy‘s prelude to the work: Prélude
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Soprano Anastasia Prokofieva pairs romances by Anton Arensky and his student Sergei Rachmaninoff, revealing the overlooked teacher's influence on Russian music. Have a listen!
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For as long as composers have been writing music, they’ve been inspired by the mystery, mood, and mythology of the night. We’ve gathered ten pieces of classical music about the night that explore themes associated with the hours after dark,
