Jewgenij Kissin © Marco Borggreve
Violin, viola and violoncello: Dmitri Shostakovich composed a sonata for each of these three basic string instruments.
Rudolf Buchbinder © Marco Borggreve
»A different hand position every bar - do you think I'm going to sit down for four weeks to study such an unruly piece?« Hans von Bülow once refused to premiere the burlesque by his...
Khatia Buniatishvili © Carlos Suarez
When Khatia Buniatishvili made her debut at New York's Carnegie Hall and the Vienna Konzerthaus, she was just 21 years old. That was in 2008, at an event at the Vienna Konzerthaus that...
Vivi Vassileva © Hugo Thomassen Photography
»I want to write a cheerful symphony.« With these words, Dmitri Shostakovich announced his 15th symphony.