Schumann's relationship with Clara Wieck, who became his wife, was profoundly important both personally and artistically, with some of his finest works serving as love letters to her.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Schumann often used musical equivalents of names or persons and places, such as in his Abegg Variations and Carnaval, as a tool for trickery and jest.
Compositional Technique
Schumann's piano works introduced sound color and texture as integral elements of musical structure, unlike earlier composers where the music itself was more important than its sound.
Composer Biography
Schumann struggled with mental illness for most of his life, experiencing unbearable auditory hallucinations by 1854, which led to his commitment to a mental hospital.
Performer Biography
Pianist Vladimir Feltsman debuted with the Moscow Philharmonic at age 11 and later won the Grand Prix at the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in 1971.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Robert Schumann, a true Romantic, believed there was no clear line between life and art, viewing life itself as a form of art.
Composer Biography
Schumann was a multitalented individual, working as a composer, conductor, publicist, and musical critic.
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