But the orchestral public still loves it. Wednesday night’s programme of Schumann’s Manfred Overture followed by his Cello ...

Schumann’s father was a Saxon bookseller and publisher, well-to-do and cultured. Robert was his fifth child and, though he and his wife were not musical, they encouraged their son’s musical talents ...

Schumann was one of the prime figures in musical romanticism, and his songs set words of poets similarly concerned with ...

Publications about Chopin continue to spread rumors of his acquaintance with Robert Schumann. Some write about a close friendship, citing no supporting facts; others reference a lively correspondence, ...

The UC College Conservatory of Music’s (CCM) flagship symphony ensemble invoked fairer weather in a semester-opening concert themed around the Spring season. Director of Orchestral Studies, Mark ...

Schumann’s sole completed piano concerto remains among his best-loved works. Jed Distler listens to a selection of the prominent pianists who have contributed to the concerto’s substantial discography ...

Show more Forest Scenes: Schumann's Waldszenen from pianist Eric Lu and one of CPE Bach's Flute Sonatas from Elizaveta Ivanova. Robert Schumann wrote his Waldszenen in 1848 and early 1849 as he ...

He will perform music by Debussy, Schumann, Harold Arlen, as well as himself, playing both the piano and a Lumatone, the first time a musician has performed on this instrument in the hall.

Robert Schumann’s teenage ambitions of virtuosity were undone by the onset of debilitating pain in his right hand.