The next woman in our line of female composers is Clara Schumann. She might be the most famous of the early women pioneers in classical music. Nannerl Mozart was not allowed to play in public after a ...

Listen to host Scott Yoo, cellist Bion Tsang and producer Michael Fine discuss how other composers and musicians changed the works of Schumann. My wife's roommate from college, Josephine Knight, ...

Robert Schumann's life was a roller coaster of success and plight. See how his music mirros his personal life during the Houston Symphony's Schumann Festival: Angels and Demons. Credit: Photo from ...

Swiss composer and oboist Heinz Holliger has never actually heard one of the pieces that most deeply affected him as an artist. Holliger’s new disc, “Aschenmusik,” contains the second recording of his ...

I have recently discovered a deep passion for the symphonies of Robert Schumann. Up until now, these pieces were elusive and unpredictable — more than a little like Schumann himself. The music has ...

Listen to host Scott Yoo, cellist Bion Tsang and producer Michael Fine discuss how other composers and musicians changed the works of Schumann. Great Performances is available to stream on pbs.org and ...