Clara Schumann

Leipzig, 1825. A crystalline tune fills the great salon of the Wieck house. Who could be playing this tune at such an early hour? It's Miss Clara, a five-year-old girl, sitting in front of the grand piano. She's stacked two large cushions on the stool so as to be at keyboard height.
For the first time, the Composers series pays tribute to a woman composer. A poetic, sensitive, romantic and musical biography. We discover the child prodigy, the concert performer who criss-crossed Europe with her father, the lover, then Robert's wife, the composer and teacher... Clara Schumann's work was long forgotten in favor of her husband's, and rediscovered only a few years ago.
Elsa Lepoivre, from the Comédie-Française, masterfully lends her voice to tell the story of this great artist, to her most beautiful pieces, played for the occasion by Célia Oneto Bensaid on piano. Listen via the CD included in the book, or online on major streaming platforms. This book is in partnership with France Musique.