(Pianist Jonathan Biss decodes the unconventional relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife Clara in this second essay for our week dedicated to this composer. Click the audio link above to ...

"My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale...I often feel as if I were dead...I seem to be losing my mind." Robert Schumann was 18 years old when he wrote that, trying to describe a state he ...

Two sides of Robert Schumann served as bookends for Wednesday evening’s “Fantastic Tales” concert at La Jolla Music Society’s Baker-Baum Concert Hall, an event just as carefully and successfully ...

When it comes to what moved Robert Schumann to compose exquisite music, he said, "You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.

So much of classical music is bound up in big forms: mammoth symphonies, flashy concertos and grand operas. But there are also plenty of profound and beautiful moments in classical music that are ...

(In this third and final part of a series, pianist Jonathan Biss explores the idea of musical longing in Robert Schumann's music. Click the audio link above to hear Biss play Schumann and discuss the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christian Gerhaher and Gerold Huber, peerless in lieder, have released an 11-disc set of Robert Schumann’s songs, many overlooked. By David Allen Back ...

The fictitious Band of David was a community of rebellious artists who fought the wishy-washy tastes of musical Philistines. Two of the band's supporting members were Robert Schumann and his wife ...