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; ...

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 ...

With classical and contemporary artists, the Oct. 28-31 Madness and Music Festival commemorates the 200th anniversary of the German composer Robert Schumann's birth while at the same time exploring a ...

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 ...

All this week, we'll be focusing our lens on the music of Robert Schumann and the lasting impact of his work. Leading the conversation is pianist Jonathan Biss, who's making a 30-concert project out ...

The special interest here is the F minor Sonata, which after the publisher's removal of its two Scherzos, first reached the world in 1836 as a three-movement ''Concert sans orchestre''. Though ...

As the classical music world gears up for a year of concerts celebrating the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth in 1810, it shouldn't be hard to find performances of the composer's four ...

(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 ...

Robert Schumann's life was a roller coaster of success and plight. See how his music mirros his personal life during the Houston Symphony's Schumann Festival: Angels and Demons. Credit: Photo from ...

Just how crazy was Robert Schumann? He was, without doubt, a peculiar and troubled composer who had suicidal tendencies and ended his days institutionalized. Then again, he was a quintessential 19th ...