Both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn were precocious children who revealed their musical talent early on. Their family fostered their skills; both received piano and counterpoint instruction. Felix was ...

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Felix Mendelssohn, the famed, wildly prolific 19th-century composer. But what about Fanny? This weekend, forgotten music written by Felix’s older sister Fanny ...

Fanny Mendelssohn and her brother were inseparable. That is until Felix and her father discouraged her dreams of a career in music. No such prejudice in the Kanneh-Mason family, where all are ...

Lost for 150 years – and mistaken for her brother’s after that – some of Fanny Mendelssohn’s bold, complex music is belatedly receiving the attention it merits. Her great-great-great granddaughter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mercury Studios, the production company behind recent Abbey Road Studios doc “If These Walls Could Sing,” have unveiled their new ...

With more than 460 pieces of music to her name, Fanny Mendelssohn was one of the most sensational creative minds of 19th century Germany. Here are the 10 best pieces she wrote, ranked. She was later ...

Sheila Hayman uncovers the story of the pioneering composer whose talent was overshadowed by her brother Felix due to a long history of sexism in the classical music world Writer and film-maker Sheila ...

Like most freelance writers, I dabble in the odd spot of ghost writing. Without wishing to open the factory door, this involves preparing drafts that may – or, most likely, may not – be tweaked by the ...

At Friday’s first performance of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s “Mendelssohn Taking Flight” concert, guest conductor Alexandrea Arrieche failed to note that the order of the program had been ...

Imagine learning all of Bach’s 48 preludes and fugues by heart and being told, “that’s cute.” You’d smash your instrument, and the interlocutor in rage. Well, that’s precisely what happened to Fanny ...

Mercury Studios, the production company behind recent Abbey Road Studios doc “If These Walls Could Sing,” have unveiled their new feature, about composer Felix Mendelssohn’s genius sister Fanny.