Carl Maria von Weber was a pioneer in using a conductor's baton, which initially caused alarm among English musicians when he conducted his opera Oberon in London.
Performer Biography
Nino Gvetadze, the pianist, won Second Prize, the Press Prize, and the Audience Award at the 2008 International Franz Liszt Piano Competition.
Critical Reception
The publisher Johann Anton André rejected Carl Maria von Weber's Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 10(b), claiming they were "too good" and needed to be "much plainer" for the amateur market.
Composer Biography
Carl Maria von Weber, the composer, spent much of his childhood with a peripatetic theatre company directed by his father, Franz Anton Weber, who was also Mozart's wife Constanze's uncle.
Composition History
Carl Maria von Weber's Six Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Op. 10(b), were commissioned by publisher Johann Anton André, who envisioned them as undemanding works for the amateur market.
Performer Biography
Frederieke Saeijs, the Dutch violinist, won the Premier Grand Prix and several special distinctions at the 2005 Long-Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris.
Composer Biography
Carl Maria von Weber's early career as Kapellmeister in Breslau was cut short due to hostility from local musicians and an accidental poisoning from engraving acid left by his father.
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