Maria Kliegel

When writing his Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33, Camille Saint-Saëns created a 'classic' of violoncello literature. But the French musician even wrote other solo works for this instrument: a second...

Des morceaux de rappel habilement choisis ajoutent une touche spéciale à un concert. Peu importe qu'il s'agisse de chefs-d'œuvre de grande virtuosité ou de mélodies méditatives : les deux peuvent aide...

À son ami Alexandre Wierzbilowicz

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for a great Russian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. He didn't laugh a lot. But he wrote music that is full of good melodies. He often...

The number of methods and étude collections existing for violoncello is huge. But what to do when no teacher is on the spot to explain why a certain passage of the concerto simply would not work out?...