STIMME AUS DER FERNE – A VOICE FROM AFAR

“Our first kiss in November,” Robert Schumann noted in his diary in 1835. The person he kissed for the first time was Clara, the daughter of his teacher Friedrich Wieck. Clara was 16, Robert was 25 years old. But her strict father ruled against their relationship. The two lovers embarked on an intense correspondence. Ultimately it took a court action to sanction their marriage, which took place in 1840, on the day before Clara’s 21st birthday. Long fascinated by Robert Schumann, Catalina Butcaru, together with Cornelius Obonya, enters the world of this young love through their secret letters and the discreet messages Robert conveyed through his piano pieces.