Johannes Brahms

Born in 1833 in Hamburg, this composer living in the Romantic era was a creator of works that excellently combined classicism with romanticism. From a young age, he played in taverns, learned to play the viola and violin, later on the piano with the best teachers in the city. In 1853, he began to travel: in Weimar he met Franz Liszt, and in Dusseldorf Robert Schumann. His first major work presented to the public was the Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, which the artist performed in Leipzig. In 1868, Brahms became famous thanks to his work 'German Requiem', which is called so because of the German text, not Latin. In 1873, he wrote variations on a theme by Haydn in an orchestral version, confirming his genius and marking the beginning of his great works. Since then, he wrote 4 symphonies: C minor ('Pathetic'), D major ('Pastoral'), F major ('Heroic'), E minor ('Elegiac'), Academic Festival Overture in E minor, Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major. All of his works present a complex structure, which is a legacy of Viennese classicism. Brahms did not excessively use new harmonic and chromatic effects like his contemporaries. He died in 1897 in Vienna.

Symphony 'Heroic' - Berlin Philharmonic

Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Città Murata Orchestra