His piano music showcases a Mendelssohn trademark –sounding as though written for three hands, Mendelssohn’s innate conservatism and disdain of chest-beating bravado is most strongly felt in his solo ...

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...

Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn were born with golden spoons in their mouths, children of an arts-loving banking family in Berlin. Felix (1809-1847) was one of the greatest child prodigies of his time.

The Piano Concerto No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn was part of a recent Rumanian National Orchestra concert. Pianist Valentin Gheorghiu (ghee-org'yoo) soloed, along with the Rumanian National Orchestra and ...

The award-winning young Fournier Trio brings new life to Mendelssohn's Piano Trios. Mendelssohn only wrote two piano trios, which arguably represent the very pinnacle of his chamber music output. You ...

The beauty of the composer’s piano trios is renewed in the hands of three virtuosos. By Edward Docx There is a wonderful and definitive new album of the two Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) piano trios ...

Harriet Smith compares and recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 ...

“Mendelssohn, the Nazis and Me,” a recent DVD release from Kultur International Films, reproduces a 2009 BBC TV film by UK-born writer Sheila Hayman about her eminent ancestor, the composer Felix ...

Though his musical genius is indisputable, Felix Mendelssohn wasn’t the only talent in his family. As his great-granddaughter Cécile reveals, the family was a gifted bunch... When Felix Mendelssohn ...

A piano sonata by German composer Fanny Mendelssohn is being performed in Britain for the first time, 140 years after it was written. The work was once thought to be by her brother, Felix. A sonata ...

From that brand new recording on the Deutsche Grammophon label, we hear the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Daniel Barenboim leads the Chicago Symphony, and Lang Lang is at the ...