Piano Concerto (Schumann)
The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann was completed in 1845 and is the composer's only piano concerto. The complete work was premiered in Dresden on 4 December 1845. It is one of the most widely performed and recorded piano concertos from the Romantic period.
The composer
Image: Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen
Image: Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen
Image: Orchesterwerke Romantik Themen
Robert Schumann was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. His teacher, Friedrich Wieck, a German pianist, had assured him that he could become the finest pianist in Europe, but a hand injury ended this dream. Schumann then focused his musical energies on composing.
Robert Schumann
Schumann's birth house, now the Robert Schumann House, after an anonymous colourized lithograph
Schumann's music room in the Robert Schumann House, Zwickau
A youthful Robert Schumann