Clara schumann, German female pianist. Born in Leipzig. At the age of five, she studied piano with her father. At the age of eight, she was able to hold a solo concert, and a girl of 19 entered the Vienna music scene. After marriage, she and her husband went to Russia and Italy to perform, and then settled in Berlin to teach piano at the Frankfurt Higher Conservatory of Music. He was famous for playing Beethoven in his early years and Chopin and Schumann in his later years. He has written piano concertos, characteristic songs and artistic songs, and edited the complete works of robert schumann.