Heather Conner, the pianist on this album, is a Steinway Artist and Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Utah, who has performed as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Composer Biography
After Mendelssohn's death, Gade was chosen as his successor as music director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, but his position was cut short by the First Schleswig War.
Composer Biography
Upon returning to Copenhagen, Gade became director of the Copenhagen Music Society and the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music, fostering a new generation of Nordic composers like Edvard Grieg and Carl Nielsen.
Composer Biography
Gade became a close friend of important musicians like Joseph Joachim, and Clara and Robert Schumann, who cherished his music and personality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Robert Schumann noted that Gade's music displayed a compelling, distinctive Nordic character, while also acknowledging his debt to German masters.
Composer Biography
Niels W. Gade, a Danish composer, began his international career after Felix Mendelssohn praised his First Symphony in a letter.
Performer Biography
Hasse Borup, the violinist on this album, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah School of Music and was a founding member of the award-winning Coolidge Quartet.
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