Clara-Jumi Kang plays Prokofiev

"Her name was Nina; she was young, beautiful, and intelligent, and she became his pupil. Sergei Prokofiev, only four years her senior, fell for her head over heels. Madly in love, he jotted down a tender melody in his notebook, which would later blossom into his enchanting First Violin Concerto two years later. Classical in form, like the concertos of Mozart and Beethoven, yet as elusive as a sweet dream. Music to fall head over heels in love with.