Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a prolific and versatile German composer and also an important teacher of musical composition. Paul Hindemith was born on Nov. 16, 1895, in Hanau am Main. At the age of 9, he began violin lessons; advancing rapidly, he...

First and foremost a violinist (later violist), Paul Hindemith was also quite competent on several other instruments, including the piano. His sister Nannerl was really the keyboardist in the family, but Paul developed skills early on, too: as evidence, one of his tasks...

Following the recent trend for single composer concerts, the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra chose to celebrate the music of Paul Hindemith at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall on 15 January. Broadcast on BBC's Radio Three a few days later, this concert showed many facet's of Hindemith's style...