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 ...

As he was composing it, he told his sister Fanny, “It will be the jolliest piece I have ever done.” Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 A major Op. 90 "Italian" (Kurt Masur & Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) ...

Happy National Siblings Day! From current superstar performers the Kanneh-Masons to Romantic-era confidantes Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, you never know when you’ll go from sharing the backseat to ...

Featuring pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, and including a brief reading from the letters between Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. Real Women Have Curves is a funny, joyous, and empowering new show ...

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 ...

The prolific German composer Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel (1805-1847) wrote some 450 works - "but many were published under her brother's name," said <a href=" Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) ...

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 ...

Book theatre tickets for Fanny, King's Head Theatre. Join Fanny on her journey to the palace and her rightful recognition.

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 ...

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 ...