The piano, as we know it, dates back hundreds of years. The instrument was key in many seminal compositions, from the classical era to modern times. Pianists have learned to play exquisite pieces ...
(Courtesy Ena Barton) When she was a teenager, Barton was sent to New York City to study with Claudio Arrau, considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Soon after arriving in the U.S ...
At eighty, the brilliant pianist Claudio Arrau plays passionately on, but successors in the Romantic tradition are hard to find. Is Claudio Arrau the greatest pianist in the world? He turned eighty ...
Rachmaninoff considered Hofmann the greatest pianist in the world. However, the brilliant musician had many other talents to show. He gave us windscreen wipers, paperclips, adjustable piano stools, ...
And Igor Levit told us about his love hate relationship with these transcriptions. Igor Levit: I believe these are the greatest piano transcriptions ever written. All nine. An incredible act of ...
“Chopin is not only historically one of the worlds’ greatest pianist and composer, but an amazing character, in many ways bigger than fiction,” says Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, Co-CEO of Playtime.
This year has added two more names, the Aguilar Lutanists (TIME, Dec. 2) and José Iturbi, famed throughout Europe and South America as Spain’s greatest pianist. José Iturbi was born in ...
Popular for her bold outfits and active social media presence, at the same time she is hands-down (sorry…) one of today’s greatest pianists. She can do speed and precision like possibly no ...