When Erik Pierre Hofmann, Pascal Mougin and Stefan Hackl published their comprehensive book Stauffer & Co.– The Viennese Guitar of the 19th Century, beautifully illustrated and written in three languages (French, English and German), although they knew of the existence of Marie-Louise’s Stauffer guitar, remarkably, they did not know its whereabouts or whether in fact it had…
The International Women’s Day celebrations continue at the Royal College of Music with an evening recital featuring the UK première of Concerto for Two Guitars by the French composer Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983) performed by the Nova Guitar Duo – Nelly von Alven on six-string guitar and Luiz Mantovani on eight-string guitar (also known as the ‘Brahms guitar’).…
BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a special Women in Music concert ‘Live to Air’ from the Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music in London on Wednesday 8 March 2017 at 1pm. The pianist Sofya Gulyak will give the UK première of a major piano sonata by Fanny Mendelssohn, the Easter Sonata. The Easter…
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