Mechanical Mozart!
 
In essence / Anecdotes :
Mechanical Mozart!

Music for Clockwork Organs

In tune / Society :
Is This How They
Turn Out?
The Composers Effects

In person :
Practice makes perfect…

But what makes
perfect practice?
 

Lucerne Festival at the Piano
The prestigious Lucerne Festival had first begun in 1938 in the gardens facing Richard Wagner’s villa in Tribschen. Its first season had featured the legendary Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini...

Date: November 16 to 24, 2013
Country: Switzerland
In essence / Inspiration In essence / Roots
Your Music Stinks!
Poulenc and the Parisian Conservatory

The composer Ned Rorem suggested that, Francis Poulenc never penned an original note...
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater dolorosa
(c. 1736)

The text of the Roman Catholic hymn Stabat Mater dolorosa offers a unique female perspective on the crucifixion of Jesus...
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Composer of the month In touch
Horatio Parker
“Parker was a good technician, but apparently willing to be limited by what Rheinberger and the German tradition had taught him.” Who this Horatio Parker actually was?
with Patricia Kopatchinskaya
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaya was born in Moldova in 1977. In some sense she is the epitome of the modern high-profile touring musician...
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Selected videos My music Forgotten records

Maria Vlasova plays Mozart: Andante F-Dur für Orgel KV 616

St Matthew’s Passion
Part 29 Chorale O man,
bewail ‘your great sin

Chopin
Fantasy in F minor, op. 49

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