A graduate of The Juilliard School, Huang is a former first prize winner at the ​Tibor Varga International Violin Competition — and was awarded a prestigious 2015

  Ferenc Fricsay was born in Budapest in 1914. He served distinguished conducting positions with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State

  German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist Johann Sebastian Bach died on this day in 1750, aged 65. Bach is an exemplar of the late Baroque period,

  Italian-born conductor Riccardo Muti was born on this day. Riccardo Muti studied piano at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella (Naples Conservatory of Music) with Vincenzo