Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Renowned for compositions like his 'Wedding March' from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Italian Symphony, and Elijah. He founded the Leipzig Conservatory and revived interest in Johann Sebastian Bach's music. Despite a period of denigration due to antisemitism, his work has regained popularity. He was a musical prodigy and his conservatory became a bastion of anti-radical musical outlook.