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 ...

Both Felix and his sister Fanny proved to be exceptionally talented, studying piano, violin, languages and drawing ... All who met the young Mendelssohn and heard him play left with jaws dropped – ...

Beyond orchestral music, Mendelssohn’s contributions to chamber music, choral works, and piano repertoire cement his status as one of the great composers of the 19th century. Mendelssohn composed ...

Harriet Smith compares and recommends recordings of Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49 ...