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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione: Violin Concerto in E major, Op.8 no. 1, RV 269 "La primavera” (Spring) Vivaldi, Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione: Violin Concerto in G ...