by Leiermann | Apr 11, 2022 | Biographies music, Others, The Flute, Women in Art and History
The women of the Boulanger family by Anja Weinberger The women of the Boulanger family by Anja Weinberger There were three particularly musical women in the Boulanger family. One was named Marie-Julie, a Halligner by birth, and the...
by Leiermann | Mar 20, 2022 | Fine Arts, Fine Arts, History
Rouen – Cidre, Joie et Cathédrale by Anja Weinberger Or: What do Claude Monet and the young man with a green mohawk have in common? “You’ve heard one, you’ve heard them all.” Hasn’t each of us heard or perhaps even uttered this...
by Leiermann | Mar 19, 2022 | Fine Arts, Fine Arts, History
On the road to Amiens by Anja Weinberger I love to look – more precisely, I love to sit in a church and let the space affect me. And even more precisely: my favorite thing to do before “looking at the church” is to read everything that anyone has...
by Leiermann | Feb 28, 2022 | Biographies, Biographies Music, Classical Music, Others, The Flute, The Flute
Syrinx or “La Flûte de pan” by Anja Weinberger This short piece for flute alone always touches my heart. I have known about it since my second year as a flute student. And I can still remember exactly how it entered my life. Back then, there was no...
by Leiermann | Feb 27, 2022 | Biographies Music, Biographies music, Classical Music, The Flute, The Flute
Gabriel Urbain Fauré by Anja Weinberger Fauré and his wonderful fantasy Gabriel Urbain Fauré was born in 1845 in the very south of France. He was a gifted little boy in a not particularly musical family. Favorable circumstances allowed him to go to the École...