What took so long? Nobody knew about it. Historians and performers have long known Fanny as the four years older sister of composer Felix Mendelssohn, and Felix’ musical muse. But not as a composer.
From Mendelssohn’s Elijah to his Scottish Symphony, here are some of the early Romantic composer’s most glorious pieces of ...
She was born into a musical family – her mother taught her to play the piano and her brother was the composer Felix Mendelssohn. Fanny was such a brilliant pianist that at the age of 13 she could play ...
Mendelssohn is one of the 'Sunshine Composers' who ... musician and gifted painter. Both Felix and his sister Fanny proved to be exceptionally talented, studying piano, violin, languages and drawing ...
Pianist and early keyboard specialist Olga Pashchenko celebrates the piano music of siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn in her playful new album, Guess Who?, this week’s Feature Album on ABC ...
The performance at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at the Missouri Theater pairs composers Johann Sebastian Bach and Felix Mendelssohn. Although they lived in two different centuries, the men share ...
In alignment with Women’s History Month, the Morgan Library & Museum offers a screening of the illuminating documentary “Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn,” from 2023, directed by her ...
Uncover the genius of Fanny Mendelssohn, sister to world-renowned composer Felix, as her story is finally told - and her musical masterpiece is truly appreciated. We ...