Xavér Ferenc Stéger News
Hungarian singer (1824-1914)
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: Xavér Ferenc Stéger)
- tenor
- opera
- Hungary
- singer, opera singer, tenor
Last update
2024-03-28
Refresh
2020-03-18 02:34:49
This source is no longer available. The following article is not online anymore.
Faces of classical music
2018-05-06 05:02:00
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor – Vilde Frang, Nicolas Altstaedt, Chaarts Chamber Artists (4K Ultra High Definition)
Accompanied by the Chaarts Chamber Artists, the Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang and the German-French cellist Nicolas Altstaedt perform Johannes Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102. The concert was recorded at Muri Festsaal, Kanton Aargau, Switzerland, on September 25, 2016.✻Brahms wrote the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op.102, during the summer of 1887, and conducted the premiere himself on October 18 in Cologne, with Joseph Joachim and Robert Hausmann as, respectively, the violin and cello soloists. Brahms had just turned 20 when he met Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), already a celebrated violinist at 22 and destined to be acclaimed also as a composer, conductor, and educator. It was Joachim who commended his new friend to Robert and Clara Schumann, thereby assuring his celebrity. For 30 years the two were fast friends despite the distance usually separating their power bases: Joachim's in Berlin, Brahms' in Vienna finally. […]
2018-03-11 22:56:16
A violin, believed once owned and played by German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein, has sold at auction in New York City for $516,500 – more than 5 times its original estimate. The spruce-top and maple-sides handmade instrument was crafted by American violin marker Oscar H. Steger in 1933 – with its inside label reading: “Made […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-03-04 17:05:58
Bonhams fine art and antiques auction house in New York has announced the upcoming sale of a violin – believed to be once owned and played by German-born theoretical physicist Albert Einstein. The spruce-top and maple-sides handmade instrument was crafted by American violin marker Oscar H. Steger in 1933. The inside label reads: “Made for the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
or
- timeline: Lyrical singers (Europe).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): S...