PROKOFIEV MUSEUM
PROKOFIEV MUSEUM Prokofiev’s father, an agronomist, was working on an estate in the village of Sontsovka when in 1891 Sergey Sergeyevich was born. The village, now called Krasnoye, is …
Troldhaugen Museum
Troldhaugen Museum Troldhaugen (Troll Hill), about ten kilometres south of Bergen in the fjords of western Norway, was the home of Edvard Grieg (b 1843) and his wife Nina. …
STRAUSS MUSEUM
STRAUSS MUSEUM There is a famous tale about Richard Strauss. Recalling that when the prim, disapproving Kaiser Wilhelm heard Salome, and said ‘It will do Strauss no good’, he …
ROSSINI MUSEUM
ROSSINI MUSEUM The legacy of Gioachino Rossini is important to Pesaro, a handsome city on the Adriatic coast some 40 km south of Rimini. The local music conservatory, which …
Medea, Queen of Corinth
The story of Jason, sent from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece, and his wife Medea, also unfolds in Corinth. In the most well-known version, shortly afer their return …
ENESCU MUSEUM
ENESCU MUSEUM The Romanians take enormous pride in George Enescu: he was a great violinist and teacher, a composer of international stature and a man who deeply loved his …
RYBA MUSEUM
RYBA MUSEUM Should you happen to approach Rozmital pod Tremsmem from the south-west, by the road from Nepomuk and Klatovy, you may be surprised to see a sign by …
ELGAR MUSEUM
ELGAR MUSEUM Discovering Edward Elgar’s birthplace, at Lower Broadheath, just outside Worcester, is an adventure in itself. It can also, with the help of the delightful ‘Elgar Route’ signs …
SCHNEIDER-TRNAVSKY
SCHNEIDER-TRNAVSKY Trnava, some 50 km north-east of Bratislava, is often called the ‘Slovakian Rome’, and for almost half a century its musical pope was Mikulass Schneider-Trnavsky. Born in the …
STERC MUSEUM
STERC MUSEUM The small village of Verzej, in the northwestern corner of Slovenia, is the birthplace of one of the country’s leading composers of the inter-war period. Slavko Osterc, …