Sometimes old recipes, newly tweaked, can yield astonishing results. Consider the concerto: It might be a 400-year-old formula, calling for a soloist to perform with — and often battle against — an ...

Maureen Jones, who has died aged 99, was an Australian pianist who made a strong impression in Britain; she performed Britten ...

Romanian pianist Andrei Licaret performs with the 'Magic Summer' Festival Orchestra.

Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...

In this film, classical music itself becomes the 'story'.The 1996 film 'Shine'.It is a work based on the real-life Australian pianist David Helfgott.There is a piece of music that radiates an intense ...

III. Presto – Molto allegro e vivacePerformance duration 18' 31"Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25Felix ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the pianist Igor Levit discuss Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto, a rarity they are performing in San Francisco.

You may recognise ‘All By Myself’ from a Rachmaninov concerto – but the great piano work also gave rise to another iconic pop song, recorded by two of the biggest names in music. Rachmaninov sparked ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at ...

Jane Jones introduces the concerto that was saved for posterity by a virtuoso wife! One of the most talked about partnerships in classical music must be that between Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck, ...

Rachmaninov was one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known, and the music he wrote for the instrument is passionate, sensual and thrilling. His Second Piano Concerto was life-changing, ...