The Cobbe Collection of historic keyboard instruments includes the largest group of instruments owned or played by famous composers. Based at Hatchlands
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Beethoven b otd (probably) 1770! The strength, the purity of his spirit has spoken to, supported, improved life for countless millions, through music of matchless, ever-fresh genius.
Also - Saint-Saens d otd 1921. He wasn't Beethoven, of course - but he was Saint-Saens...!
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
16 Dec 2025
Ludwig van Beethoven was born on this day in 1770
He left the world with some of the most beautiful and emotional music that has ever been heard - thank you Ludwig!
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
9 Nov 2025
Highlights of the 19th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition (2 min.): youtu.be/xVZfAJZwVM0 #Chopin19 #Chopin #Chopin2025 #CulturalDiplomacy
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
18 Oct 2025
The world can always do with a little bit of J.S. Bach. His Little Prelude in C minor, BWV999.
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
16 Oct 2025
We will be announcing the finalists of the 19th Chopin Competition soon! Tune in on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/kNpB_eT5QYQ…
#chopincompetition #chopin2025
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
11 Oct 2025
Anton Bruckner died on this day in 1896
Read about how the New Bruckner Edition is making his works available in the best possible form. This article gives you more details takte-online.de/en/orchestra…
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9 Oct 2025
Multi-award-winning Max Mostovetski recounts the legendary meeting of #Brahms, #Grieg and #Tchaikovsky in his hometown of Leipzig in 1888 and performs masterpieces by those composers on our 1886-7 Russian Becker #piano
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
4 Oct 2025
🎹 Watch the Chopin Competition with us!
1st stage, 4 October,
🔸 Morning session: youtube.com/live/hD1YY3ka7OU…
🔸 Evening session: youtube.com/live/hD1YY3ka7OU…
#chopincompetition #chopin2025
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
4 Oct 2025
Manami Ito, a Japanese violinist who lost her arm at 20, shows that passion and determination can overcome any obstacle.
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
28 Sep 2025
Apparently both Handel and fellow composer Johann Mattheson applied for the post of organist in Lübeck. However after visiting the town it seems that both were put off by one of the conditions of the job: marriage to the unattractive daughter of the organist, Buxtehude
Oh dear..
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
27 Sep 2025
On this day in 1828 Schubert played his new piano sonata in B-flat D.960 which he had completed only the previous day.
In less than two months he would be dead ...
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
21 Sep 2025
#MarthaArgerich won the #FryderykChopin International Piano Competition in 1965, at the age of 24.
Her victory at the prestigious competition in #Warsaw, #Poland🇵🇱, catapulted her international career and established her as a legendary pianist 🎹🎶
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
22 Sep 2025
Johannes Brahms at home reading a score, 1894.
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
14 Sep 2025
Inspirational thought for today!
On this day in 1741 Handel finished his Messiah after constant work for ..... 23 days!
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[BIRTHDAY] Happy birthday to Nobuyuki Tsujii! Born in 1988, the musician never ceases to amaze us with his natural gift and formidable technique. Relive his masterful performance of Liszt's La Campanella during the 2022 Biarritz Piano Festival! bit.ly/3Vc3Ckx
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
12 Sep 2025
2007 at the Waldbühne with Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic
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11 Sep 2025
Lovely concert today of Hummel, Dussek, Schröter and #Mozart by Andrew Brownell, a rare occasion to hear Crang Hancock c.1790 piano in a concert! @HatchlandsNT
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
4 Sep 2025
Anton Bruckner born today in 1824
His works are available as part of The New Anton Bruckner Complete Edition. The edition is published by the Austrian National Library and the International Bruckner Society and their work is explained here takte-online.de/en/search-re…
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
23 Aug 2025
🎹 C.P.E. Bach – Sonata in G minor, Allegro assai | Stein Fortepiano Replica by Paul McNulty 🎶 instagram.com/reel/DNteFck3o…
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The Cobbe Collection retweeted
25 Aug 2025
Inspiration from Leonard Bernstein (b otd 1918):
"Every artist copes with reality by means of fantasy. Fantasy, better known as imagination, is his greatest treasure, his basic equipment for life. And since his work is his life, his fantasy is constantly in play. He dreams life."
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