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 ...

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 ...

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847) was long overshadowed by her brother Felix Mendelssohn. But her music and now her story are in the spotlight across the classical music scene. The trend is reflected in ...

Vibrant performances of works by the Mendelssohns prove Fanny’s chamber music can stand up alongside any of the period Is it time for Fanny Mendelssohn’s music to become consciously uncoupled from ...

Fanny Mendelssohn's sonata was originally thought to be composed by her brother Fanny Mendelssohn may be long dead, but she’s finally getting her moment in the spotlight. A sonata penned by ...

In 2010, Angela Mace Christian traveled to Paris on a hunch. Then a graduate student at Duke University, she made the trip to study a 19th-century manuscript of the Easter Sonata—an ambitious piece ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Fanny Mendelssohn may be long dead, but she’s finally getting her moment in the spotlight. A sonata penned by Mendelssohn will finally be performed under her name on International Women’s Day after it ...

Fanny Mendelssohn may be long dead, but she’s finally getting her moment in the spotlight. A sonata penned by Mendelssohn will finally be performed under her name on International Women’s Day after it ...