Clara was raised in Leipzig, where her father, Friedrich Wieck, and her mother, Mariane, were pianists and piano teachers. Her mother was also a famous

  German virtuoso pianist and composer Clara Schumann passed away on this day in 1896 -- aged 76. Clara was raised in Leipzig, where both her father,

The Violin Channel, in conjunction with our good friends at Warner Classics, is this week giving away five personally autographed copies of violinist Maria Ioudenitch's new