Honoring Fathers

Honoring Fathers

It can be hard to look past the stories of those composers who faced obstacles in their art at the hands of their own parents.  There are some famous stories – from Germaine Tailleferre, who changed her name to break ties with her father, and Ethel Smyth, who...

Teresa Carreño – Pianist, Singer, Composer, Conductor

Born in Caracas in 1853, Teresa Carreño was fortunate to be born into a musical family and receive instruction from Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Anton Rubinstein, fostering her talent as a young piano prodigy, and later as a singer, as well as a composer and conductor....