Clara Schumann

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert features Italian pianist Beatrice Rana with music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin to perform Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto, on a program with Florence Price's Third Symphony and Ravel's orchestral suite 'Le Tombeau de Couperin.'

Beatrice Rana and Yannick Nézet-Séguin foreground the music of Clara Wieck, better known today as Clara Schumann, on an album of piano concertos by her and her celebrated husband. John T.K. Scherch has our Album of the Week review.

When the young Robert Schumann fell in love with his piano teacher’s daughter, Clara Wieck, her father was not pleased and tried to keep them apart. How did they keep their passion alive?

March 1, 2021. We're kicking off our celebration of Women's History Month with sparkling music by Schumann and Mendelssohn presented by The Nash Ensemble…

March 9, 2020. In For Love of You, pianist Lara Downes pays homage to the 19th-century pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann, playing solo piano works…

Pianist Lara Downes' playing has been praised as "luscious, moody, dreamy" (The New York Times) and "addicting" (The Huffington Post). She visited the…

September 9, 2019. The 200th birthday of the great musician Clara Schumann (1819-1896) is September 13th. To celebrate, we're showcasing an impressive…

August 26, 2019. In this week’s Classical Album of the Week, Russian-British violinist Alina Ibragimova continues her long-standing musical collaboration…

It wasn't until the last third of the 20th century that women took their place in serious music, a field historically dominated by men. Felix…