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Isaac Albéniz
…Studies in Leipzig and Brussels After several concert tours, Albéniz entered the Leipzig Conservatory in 1875. When his finances ran out, he obtained a scholarship to study at the Royal…
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Chopin – Etude, Op. 10, No. 12
Freddy Kempf, an English pianist born in 1977 in London to a German father and Japanese mother, began playing piano at four. At eight, he performed with the Royal Philharmonic…
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Purcell – Sound the Trumpet
James Bowman, 66, and Andreas Scholl, 40, performed an encore of Purcell’s “Sound the trumpet” at the Royal Festival Hall in June 2008. The duet was part of Purcell’s ode…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
…pottery family. Ralph showed an early interest in music, learning the piano and violin as a child. In 1890, Vaughan Williams entered the Royal College of Music in London, where…
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Beethoven 5th Symphony
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 performed by the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, conducted by Daniel Barenboim at the Royal Albert Hall in 2012….
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
…service of the future King of Prussia, Frederick II. A music aficionado himself, Frederick had a court orchestra that accompanied him in concert performances almost every night. This royal entourage…
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
…exposed to a diverse array of musical traditions from a young age. His family resided briefly in a quaint cottage at Royal and Esplanade in the Vieux Carré area, and…
