Composers and performers

Hans von Bülow

Jovan Stosic January 14, 2019

Hans Guido Freiherr von Bülow (8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, virtuosopianist, and composer of the Romantic era. One of the most famous conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for establishing the successes of several major composers of the time, especially Richard Wagnerand Johannes Brahms. Alongside Carl Tausig, Bülow was perhaps the most prominent of the early students of Hungarian virtuoso pianist, conductor and composer Franz Liszt—therein performed the first public performance of Liszt’s Sonata in B minor in 1857. He became acquainted with, fell in love and eventually married Liszt’s daughter Cosima, who later left him for Wagner. Noted for his interpretation of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven, he was one of the earliest European musicians to tour the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_B%C3%BClow

Alexander Glazunov

Jovan Stosic January 2, 2019

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Константи́нович Глазуно́в, 10 August 1865 – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romanticperiod. He served as director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental in the reorganization of the institute into the Petrograd Conservatory, then the Leningrad Conservatory, following the Bolshevik Revolution. He continued heading the Conservatory until 1930, though he had left the Soviet Union in 1928 and did not return. The best-known student under his tenure during the early Soviet years was Dmitri Shostakovich.

Glazunov was significant in that he successfully reconciled nationalism and cosmopolitanism in Russian music. While he was the direct successor to Balakirev‘s nationalism, he tended more towards Borodin‘s epic grandeur while absorbing a number of other influences. These included Rimsky-Korsakov‘s orchestral virtuosity, Tchaikovsky‘s lyricism and Taneyev‘s contrapuntal skill. Younger composers such as Prokofievand Shostakovich eventually considered his music old-fashioned, while also admitting he remained a composer with an imposing reputation, and a stabilizing influence in a time of transition and turmoil.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Glazunov

Regula Mühlemann

Jovan Stosic December 2, 2018

Regula Mühlemann (born 1986) is a Swiss operatic soprano.

Mühlemann was born in Adligenswil, Switzerland, and studied voice with Barbara Locher at the Academy of Music in Lucerne in 2010 where she graduated with honors with a Master of Arts. Her first appearances on the opera stage included the following roles: Maturina in Gazzaniga‘s Don Giovanni Tenorio, Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro, Papagena in The Magic Flute, and Doralice in Scarlatti‘s Il trionfo dell’onore.

In Jens Neubert’s film version of Weber’s opera Der Freischütz, Mühlemann played the role of Annie and was praised by critics. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung saw her as “a discovery of the first order.” In the opera season 2010 and 2011, Mühlemann appeared at the Lucerne Theatre as soloist in several operas, such as Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and Alessandro Scarlatti’s “Il trionfo dell’onore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regula_M%C3%BChlemann