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The Enigma Variations (Op. 36) is an orchestral work by Edward Elgar consisting of fourteen variations on an original theme, each portraying a different friend of the composer.
Russian-American conductor and pianist — son of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn — who has conducted major orchestras worldwide and has been an interpreter of Russian classical music.
Austrian composer who composed over 800 works in his 35 years of life — symphonies, operas, concertos, chamber music, sacred music — with a fluency, variety, and structural perfection that has made him the paradigmatic example of musical genius.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian composer of the Classical period whose prodigious output across opera, symphony, and chamber music is widely considered the pinnacle of Western musical achievement.