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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), along with Bach and Mozart, forms part of the trio of giants of Western music. Born in Bonn , his Flemish father attempted to showcase him as a second Mozart , though this proved a notable failure. Despite this, from the age of nine, the organist Christian Gottlob Neefe captivated him with the study of Bach , whose influence he would always hold dear. In 1787, he moved to Vienna intending to study with Mozart , but his mother's death forced him to return to Bonn a few days later. After five years, he returned to Vienna , where he was able to study with Haydn and Salieri . However, his career as an excellent pianist was cut short by the deafness that struck him the following year, leaving him completely unable to play.

Ludwig van Beethoven 's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 , was composed mainly between 1787 and 1789, although it did not reach its final form until its publication in 1795. The concerto became a showcase for Beethoven himself after his move from Bonn to Vienna . Beethoven was the soloist at its premiere on March 29, 1795, at the Burgtheater in Vienna , in a concert that marked his public debut. While the work as a whole follows the style of Mozart , there is a sense of drama and contrast that would be present in many of Beethoven 's later works. The concerto consists of three movements, of which we present the third today, a rondo that conveys the exuberance of the young composer.

Martha Argerich (1941) is a leading Argentine pianist of her generation. She gave her first public recital at the age of four and performed Mozart 's Piano Concerto No. 20 at seven. After her formal piano studies in Buenos Aires and Vienna , she undertook specialized masterclasses with eminent teachers. Throughout her career, she has received numerous national and international awards and accolades; she has made many recordings and has performed in the most prestigious concert halls, both as a soloist and under the baton of leading conductors.

Juan José Colomer (1966) is a composer with dual Spanish and American citizenship, born in Alcira, Valencia , and residing in Los Angeles , USA , since 1992. He studied music at the Alcira Musical Society and the Valencia Higher Conservatory of Music , where he earned advanced degrees in trumpet and intermediate degrees in composition . In 1990, he moved to Boston , where he pursued further studies at Berklee College of Music , specializing in film music. He has received commissions from the Spanish National Orchestra, the International Horn Symposium , the Center for the Dissemination of Contemporary Music (CDMC), the International Philip Jones Competition (Guebwiller, France), the Fundación Autor, Spanish Brass, and the Valencian Institute of Music .

Tam-bolero is an original and spectacular musical fusion of the Christmas carol The Little Drummer Boy and Maurice Ravel 's Bolero . The title itself is a combination of the titles of both works; its author is the composer and arranger Juan José Colomer .

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer who, at the age of 11, was admitted as a member of the choir of the Imperial Chapel in Vienna, where he studied under Salieri . At that time, theater and opera were the lucrative genres, in which he never achieved success; so he devoted himself to lieder (songs), among which his Ave Maria stands out. and the collection of lieder La Belle Molinera . Despite dying at the age of 31, he left behind more than 1,500 works, including numerous piano and chamber music pieces, 8 symphonies, concert works, incidental music, sacred music (among others, 7 Masses, 1 Oratorio and 1 Requiem), several singspiels (small operettas), some opera and more than 600 small vocal works, mainly the lieder mentioned.

A piano quintet is a chamber music work written for piano and four other instruments, commonly a string quartet. The term also refers to the group of musicians who play a piano quintet. The genre flourished during the 19th century .

Das Forellen Quintett (The Trout Quintet) is the name commonly used to refer to Franz Schubert 's Piano Quintet in A major , catalogued as D. 667. The work was composed in 1819, when Schubert was 22 years old, but it was not published until 1829, a year after his death. The piece owes its name to its fourth movement , which is a set of variations on a theme Schubert had previously written in his lied Die Forelle (The Trout). Its structure is articulated in five movements: I (0'00") ALLEGRO VIVACE in sonata form (exposition-development-recapitulation) .-. II (12'33") ANDANTE .-. III (18'57") SCHERZO. PRESTO .-. IV (22'36") THEME WITH VARIATIONS. ANDANTINE .-. V (29´21´´) ALLEGRO GIUSTO.

Today's performance is by Mathieu van Bellen , Violin .-. Noga Shaham , Viola .-. Ori Epstein , Cello .-. Naomi Shaham , Double Bass .-. Omri Epstein , Piano .-.

Amy Beach (1867-1944), born in the small town of Henniker , New Hampshire , was a pianist and one of the first female composers in American history. She grew up in a musical family environment; her grandmother sang in the church choir, and her mother was a singer and pianist whom Amy listened to for hours. At the age of four, she began playing the piano and composed her first waltzes; however, because her mother didn't want to create any resistance, she didn't begin formal piano lessons until she was six. At 14, she began studying harmony and counterpoint, and at 16, she made her debut as a pianist in a Boston theater, playing Chopin 's Rondo in E-flat major and Ignaz Moscheles' Piano Concerto No. 2 —a successful debut that led to future engagements. After several tours of Europe , he decided to settle in New York for the rest of his life, spending his winters touring and his summers composing at his country home in Massachusetts. He died in New York at the age of 77.

Gaelic Symphony  ( Symphony in E minor , Op. 32 ) Its name derives from the fact that several of its themes come from Irish folk songs. It was the first symphony written and published by an American female composer, and it premiered to great acclaim on October 30, 1896, with the Boston Orchestra . During Beach 's lifetime, it was performed in numerous cities, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Hamburg, and Leipzig . Amy Beach began working on this piece in 1894 and finished it two years later. Four of the symphony 's themes were traditional Irish songs, and Amy cited this music as a heritage belonging to what was then being defined as folk music.

The work is structured in four movements: I (0'34") ALLEGRO CON FUOCO; II (10'49") ALLA SICILIANA–ALLEGRO VIVACE; III (18'20") LENTO CON MOLTA ESPRESSIONE; IV (31'05") ALLEGRO DI MOLTO. Amy used as a source for this symphony a collection published in 1841 by a Dublin folk song collector. However, the first and second themes that appear in the symphony were his own, taken from earlier works. The theme of the second movement is from an Irish love song, first presented by the oboe alone, then by the entire woodwind section, and then by the strings. For the middle section of this movement, Beach transformed this theme into a much faster one. In the third movement, two more Irish themes appear, varied, developed, and combined. The final movement appears bright and energetic, reaffirming the epic and nationalistic tone of the Symphony .

Today we have the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the renowned American conductor Michelle Merrill , who was born in Dallas and served as associate conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for four years. She has also conducted the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Orlando Philharmonic, the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera, the Boise Philharmonic, New Music Detroit, and the Northeast Pennsylvania Symphony . She is currently the principal conductor of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia .

Bolshoi Reopening Gala. After six years of monumental work, the theater reopens its doors and offers an exceptional gala directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov . Renowned artists Plácido Domingo, Natalie Dessay, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Violeta Urmana , as well as the company's stars, soloists, and corps de ballet, grace the stage to perform excerpts from the operatic and choreographic works that have made the venue famous. The program includes, among others : Prokofiev 's The Betrothal in the Convent , Borodin 's Prince Igor , Tchaikovsky's Iolanta and Swan Lake , Minkus 's Don Quixote ... (excerpted from Télé Loisirs).

The Kohar Symphony Orchestra and Choir is based in Gyumri, Armenia, and was founded in 1997 by Armenian cultural patron Harout Khatchadourian . Kohar 's first major concert tour took place in the summer of 2002 in Cyprus and Lebanon . In October 2005, they performed in Istanbul at the Lutfi Kirdar Concert Hall, playing to an audience of over 7,000 Armenians and visitors. From April 28 to 29, 2006, the Great Kremlin Hall in Moscow witnessed unprecedented enthusiasm with nearly 12,000 Armenian, Russian, and international attendees. Their largest concert to date, featuring Stars of Armenia, was held in Liberty Square near the Opera House in the heart of Yerevan, Armenia , on May 28, 2011.

Today, Kohar has become a cornerstone for the Armenian diaspora, aiming to revive and promote Armenian culture and preserve its heritage for future generations both at home and abroad.