The author is a music critic and director of the classical music brand Poongwoldang. Johannes Brahms regarded it as his calling to elevate the culture of Germany. Throughout his musical life, he ...

Johannes Brahms’s father was an impecunious double-bass player, eventually good enough for the Hamburg Philharmonic. At the age of six he was discovered to have perfect pitch and a natural talent for ...

Johannes Brahms was a quiet, private person, but he lived a full life, bearing a responsibility he didn’t want, a woman he couldn’t be with, and a legacy he couldn’t live up to. Scott Yoo journeys ...