Between anonymity and fame, there is often controversy-each of these concepts applies to one of the composers we will be able to listen to on Friday, October 24th, in a live broadcast from Utrecht. On the stage of the Concert Hall in the TivoliVredenburg complex, the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra will perform under the baton of conductor Michael Waterman, and the musicians will offer the audience pieces by Florence Price, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Igor Stravinsky.

Among the composers who have been rediscovered as a result of efforts in recent decades, few have produced works as noteworthy as Florence Price. Beyond the socio-cultural context, which is obviously important for the artist's biography, we should consider the main aspects of her work, which include the coherence of her ethos, an innovative spirit, and an awareness of the musical traditions that made up the broader context of the United States at the end of the 19th century.

Given the ubiquity of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's music, his work can never be exhaustively described like that of Shakespeare or Leonardo da Vinci, it is usually considered one of the highest achievements of human culture. However, like the Mona Lisa or Hamlet, Mozart's great works are not relevant because they are endlessly analyzed, but are analyzed because they are endlessly relevant; and the ease with which they create joy in the listener's soul is only one of the reasons for their enduring popularity.

The role of controversy in Igor Stravinsky's early career could be studied in marketing schools-yet this is a passing characteristic. The real reasons for Igor Stravinsky's presence in music history books are closer to musicological jargon and are related to the emergence of modernism, the improvement in the quality of Parisian orchestras at the beginning of the last century, and the stylistic potential of the languages he explored during the three periods of his creative life. We will learn more about all this on Friday, October 24th, starting at 9:15 p.m., on Radio România Muzical, in a new live broadcast under the auspices of the European Stage program.