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  by  Emily E. Hogstad     April 19th, 2026 Few pianists in history have embodied artistic courage quite like Maria Yudina. A deeply religious musician living in the Soviet Union during the twentieth century, Yudina was both revered – and feared – for her uncompromising moral and musical vision. Maria Yudina Born in the provincial town of Nevel, she rose from humble beginnings to become one of the Soviet Union’s most formidable pianists and teachers. She also became a celebrated interpreter of Bach,  Mozart , and  Beethoven …as well as modern composers like  Stravinsky , Hindemith, and Bartók. Today, we’re looking at the extraordinary life and times of pianist Maria Yudina. Maria Yudina’s Childhood Maria Yudina Maria Yudina was born on 9 September 1899 in the Russian town of Nevel, 500 kilometers south of St. Petersburg, on the present-day border between Russia and Belarus. She was the fourth of five children of physician and physiologis...

  by  Emily E. Hogstad    February 5th, 2026 Artists and composers are famous for their wild love lives. Turns out, their love letters are just as fascinating as you’d expect. Today, we’re looking at love letters from ten composers, including Mozart being very saucy on a business trip,  Brahms  pining over  Clara Schumann , and  Haydn  making a shocking confession to his mistress. Joseph Haydn, 1791 Joseph Haydn In these two love letters to his mistress, singer Luigia Polzelli, Haydn writes about her husband’s fatal illness…and longs for “four eyes [to] be closed”, a reference to his hope that his own wife will die, too! London, 14th March 1791 Most esteemed Polzelli, I am very sorry for you in your present circumstances, and I hope that your poor husband will die at any moment; you did well to put him in the hospital, to keep him alive… London, 4th August 1791 Dear Polzelli! …As far as your husband is concerned, I tell you that Providence h...

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by Emily   E. Hogstad   If you’re a classical music fan drawn to sad, slow movements in piano concertos, this is the list you’ve been looking for. Whether it’s  Chopin ’s gentle melancholy,  Ravel ’s elegant wistfulness, or  Rachmaninoff ’s romantic despair, each of these slow movements paints a picture of a particular kind of sadness. © chopinacademy.com Although every ranking having to do with classical music is subjective, we numbered our picks anyway, from least sad to saddest. Find out which concerto we’ve dubbed the saddest at the end. 8. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1, Mov. 2   Chopin wrote this concerto in 1830 when he was just twenty years old. The inspiration behind this piece is unclear…but we know there was one. Frédéric Chopin in 1849 In a letter, Chopin wrote a cryptic observation to his best friend (and potential crush or even lover)  Tytus Woyciechowski : “Here you doubtless observe my tendency to do wrong against my will. As somethi...

by Emily E. Hogstad YouTube is full of brilliant piano concerto performances, but a handful have attracted truly massive global audiences. From  Rachmaninoff  (lots and lots of Rachmaninoff…) to Mozart to Chopin, here are the seven most viewed piano concerto performances on YouTube, along with our commentary about each, in reverse countdown order. And not to sound like a YouTube title cliche, but the most popular one might surprise you! 7. Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 by Olga Scheps Olga Scheps is a German pianist born in 1984, who is especially passionate about the works of Chopin. This performance of his first piano concerto was recorded in 2014 with the Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio. Scheps brings an elegant, lyrical touch to this repertoire. Every phrase conjures some new gradation of emotion. She concentrates hard while still being clearly delighted by the music she’s playing, and that combination is irresistible. The performance’s intimat...