Davidsbündlertänze means Dances of the League of David and is one of Schumann most famous works. It is a group of eighteen pieces composed for solo piano. The dances are Lebhaft; Innig; Mit Humor; ...

One of the most moving love stories in the world of music is the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. In 2007, the British producer David Caird put together a music theater piece called ...

The internationally lauded and immensely versatile pianist and conductor Ian Hobson will conclude his celebrated Robert ...

In honor of the bicentennial of Romantic composer Robert Schumann, Bates College artist-in-residence Frank Glazer performs some of the composer’s best-loved piano pieces at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in ...

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 ...

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 ...

We get a behind-the-scenes look at a new documentary on classical composer Robert Schumann’s four symphonies conducted by Estonian-American Paavo Järvi and performed by the "Deutsche ...

Swiss composer and oboist Heinz Holliger has never actually heard one of the pieces that most deeply affected him as an artist. Holliger’s new disc, “Aschenmusik,” contains the second recording of his ...

(Pianist Jonathan Biss decodes the unconventional relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife Clara in this second essay for our week dedicated to this composer. Click the audio link above to ...