Arnold Schoenberg, the modernist innovator who would transform the language of music, saw in the image of the white-faced clown Pierrot the condition of the modern artist: a sensitive, imaginative...
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Composers György Ligeti and György Kurtág first met as students in Budapest in 1945. The two became lifelong friends even as they went on to lead very different artistic and...
Composer Hanns Eisler lived much of his life on the road. To be of use to workers in the class struggle and to deliver a message of strength and solidarity...
Torn between a desire for freedom of musical expression and the responsibilities of his role as a cultural ambassador for the Soviet Union, Dmitri Shostakovich often found himself in the...
Paul Kenji Wiancko began playing the cello at age five and composed his first piece at eight. Wiancko came to international attention in 2007 via the Lutoslawski International Cello Competition....
This year, NEXUS Chamber Music makes its debut in the village of Winnetka, bringing their exciting programming and roster of international artists to the stunning Winnetka Congregational Church....
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