On this release, pianist Lorna Griffitt and violinist Haroutune Bedelian present a program of works by Robert and Clara Schumann. Dr. Lorna Griffitt began her performing career at 16 as a soloist with the Louisville Orchestra under the direction of Robert Whitney. She received her doctorate from Indiana University under the tutelage of Menahem Pressler. Dr. Griffitt enjoys an active career as soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue both in the United States and in South America, Europe, and the Middle East. Her performances include appearances in New York at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, a live broadcast from Washington DC on NPR's Performance Today, and a solo recital at Indiana University's Auer Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. Violinist Haroutune Bedelian is a professor at the University of California at Irvine, and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London. He has performed in major cities, festivals and concert halls throughout North and South America, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East and has appeared in numerous radio and television broadcasts.