Fran Hoepfner
The Awl
Chicago, IL, United States
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A Finale
And some suggestions. → Read More
I Am Finally Writing About Gustav Mahler
It's about time. → Read More
The Hills are Alive With The Sound of Mozart
The Justin Bieber of classical music, remember? → Read More
Rushing into Rachmaninoff
Strap in for his Piano Concerto No. 2. → Read More
The Ice Cream You Are Allowed To Have
On fake dessert. → Read More
Here's The Nutcracker, Ya Filthy Animals
The Waltz of the Flowers is evergreen as hell. → Read More
What's The Best Version of 'Peter and the Wolf'?
How about the scariest? → Read More
My Mid-Prokofiev Book Midlife Crisis About Prokofiev's Midlife Crisis
Who doesn't recycle their work a little? → Read More
Two Prokofiev Pieces To Get You Through A Holiday Weekend
I’m having such a good time reading about Prokofiev, so much so that I do not care any longer if Prokofiev month feels like a chore to readers. Prokofiev, perhaps even more so than composers I’ve previously focused ... → Read More
Why My Parents Eat Paprika On Cottage Cheese
The Awl’s holiday series on flavors and spices. → Read More
It's Prokofiev Month!
Guess who's reading another biography. → Read More
Unpacking the 1939-ness of Bartók's "Divertimento For String Orchestra"
You can just *hear* the September Campaign. → Read More
Was Bernstein's 'Age Of Anxiety' Written for 2017?
The only constants are change and Leonard Bernstein. → Read More
How About Some Arabesques?
Galloping along, going nowhere in particular. → Read More
How To Cry At Bruckner's Fourth
First, you have to go see it live. → Read More
Who? Weekly’s creators on why they’ll never run out of wannabe celebrities to talk about
Bestcasts asks podcasters to discuss the three most memorable episodes of their podcast. For more podcast coverage, see Podmass, The A.V. Club’s weekly roundup of the best ’casts out there. → Read More
The Origin Of The Most Famous Piece of Classical Music
You know this one, I promise. → Read More
Some Études
I hope these get you through 3p.m. → Read More
Nothing Says "Back To School" Like A Symphony Someone Wrote As Homework
A good reason not to keep your old workbooks. → Read More
Why is Edvard Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' A Staple In Pop Culture?
An actually good Wikipedia page. → Read More