For the last segment of the 2025 American Piano Awards, Michael Davidman decided on a plan that could be deemed daring. He performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op.

Ensemble Masques perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s uncharacteristically uncouth Peasant Cantata and pianist Claire Huagci is the soloist in Clara Schumann's Piano Concerto. Plus the Leipzig ...

A brief but grand coda topped off a piece that was, if not as lovable as the piano concerto Grieg composed a year later, at least a fertile field for passionate pianism. The Sonata No. 29, “Sonata ...

At the age of six he was discovered to have perfect pitch and a natural talent for the piano. He made his first public appearance playing chamber music at the age of ten. A passing American impresario ...

In Beethoven’s relatively short life he devoted significant time to composing for the instrument that he made his own: the piano. Even though Beethoven composed nine astonishing Symphonies, sonatas, ...

Lachlan McLean took a boat.

Given the composer’s recent death, this performance took on a noble emotional resonance as a profound tribute. After the interval, Schumann’s Symphony no. 4 in D minor provided a striking contrast.

Some purists might regard these departures from the Urtext as verging on heretical, yet the effect was unexpectedly alluring: Lim’s strategic explorations of the piano’s wide register functioned ...

Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore ...