So much of classical music is bound up in big forms: mammoth symphonies, flashy concertos and grand operas. But there are also plenty of profound and beautiful moments in classical music that are ...

Jane Jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife! One of the most talked about partnerships in classical music must be that between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, ...

(For our week dedicated to Robert Schumann, pianist Jonathan Biss defends this misunderstood composer in the first of three essays. Click the audio link above to hear him play Schumann and discuss the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by By Yael Braunschweig AND you were feeling overwhelmed by the 118 different diagnoses recently tallied for Mozart’s final illness? Consider Robert ...

The insane asylum in Bonn where composer Robert Schumann died now hosts a music festival in his honor. Festival co-founder Markus Schuck explains what makes the city's connection to Schumann so ...

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 ...

Mr. Biss is a concert pianist. Many of the indelible experiences of my life have come while performing Robert Schumann’s works. His music is poetic, emotionally direct even in its stranger moments and ...

Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms were close friends as well as two of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Clara Schumann, Robert’s wife, was one of the greatest pianists of the time, also a ...