In instituting its series of mini-festivals this summer, the Aspen Music Festival and School is promoting the idea that a grasp of the context in which classical music was composed leads to a fuller ...

Marin Alsop, meet Robert Schumann. The Baltimore Symphony conductor reconnects with the composer's symphonies, probing for a deeper meaning within... Robert Schumann: Music Amid The Madness Robert ...

Well into its second century, the Schumann Music Club plans an anniversary concert worthy of the composers who provided the music. Robert Schumann, for whom the club is named, will be celebrated along ...

Celebration of the bicentennial year shared by Schumann and Chopin got under way in Davies Symphony Hall on Tuesday night, but not in the way you might expect. Instead of songs or symphonies for one ...

Clara Wieck Schumann was a German musician -- a pianist, composer, and teacher who lived from 1819-1896. She started playing piano at age 5, and was a child prodigy. She and her husband Robert ...

For her acclaimed “Great Women in Music” series, Karolina Syrovatkova marshals her skills as a concert pianist, actor and scholar to illuminate the forgotten contributions of women to the history of ...

I have recently discovered a deep passion for the symphonies of Robert Schumann. Up until now, these pieces were elusive and unpredictable — more than a little like Schumann himself. The music has ...