The Music Conservatory

I was listening to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488, when I came to the Adagio and started feeling increasingly nostalgic. Then I remembered something Milan Kundera, Czech writer best known for his work The Unbearable Lightness of Being, said...Read More

Elvira Madigan is the informal moniker of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467. Mozart never actually named this concerto. The title comes from the 1967 Swedish film by the same name, based on the tragedy of the Danish tightrope dancer...Read More

A young Chopin composed a set of three nocturnes between 1830 and 1832, dedicated to Madame Camille Pleyel, the wife of a rich piano manufacturer. Their marriage broke down because of her disorderly behavior and persistent infidelity, which begs the question: "Why ever did...Read More

Les tringles des sistres tintainent is the name of the gypsy dance from Carmen's Act II. It revisits the exotic nature of gypsy zingaras and zingarellas, dancing under the rhythm of strange and exotic music. Surely, Bizet is not the only classical composer who finds...Read More

I've played this sonata whole, notwithstanding, I haven't played this sonata with the delicacy and accuracy it requires, as I'm not but an amateur pianist. I did, however, enjoy playing the sonata with both devotion and emotion. I get ecstatic playing the Allegro di...Read More