1916–99 American/British violinist Menuhin studied with George Enescu (1881–1955). As a child prodigy he appeared in San Francisco in 1924 and in New York in 1926. He made his debut in Paris in 1927, in Berlin in 1928 and in London in 1929. His famous 1932 recording of the Elgar concerto under the composer’s baton is still in the catalogue. He ...
1857–1934 English composer Elgar was born at Broadheath, near Worcester. His father ran a music shop in Worcester, where Elgar embarked on a course of self-instruction that made him total master of music’s craft and one of the world’s greatest orchestrators. Brought up a Roman Catholic in a Protestant community and a tradesman’s son, Elgar never felt socially ...
1881–1955, Romanian Enescu was a true prodigy – a brilliant pianist, superb conductor, and a man whose memory for music rivalled that of Mozart. Born in Romania, Enescu studied in Vienna and Paris, where he sat alongside Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), Jules Massenet (1842–1912) and other celebrated French composers. Working with some of the best musicians of his ...
b. 1961 American trumpeter Marsalis studied at the Juilliard School in New York. In 1980 he joined Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and toured with Herbie Hancock the following year. He formed his own group in 1982. He has performed and recorded much of the classical trumpet repertory, appearing with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic ...
The phrase ‘Indian music’ is most often equated to an image of Ravi Shankar and the sitar, but there is much more to it than that. The south is the heartland of Karnatic classical music, whose history stretches back for 6,000 years. Shankar may be emblematic of Hindustani classical music, but that is a much younger style ...
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