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 ...

Alexander Malofeev and Alexandre Kantorow, both winners of the Tchaikovsky competition, forge two very different paths as a ...

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 ...

This is a film that encapsulates the essence of a great pianistic age that married virtuosity and musicianship with the most thrilling aspect of individual showmanship.

Although this, the, the, this period of time was really grim and terrible. I look back with a great deal of gratitude for the experience. John Schaefer: That is pianist Igor Levit talking about the ...

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, ...

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 ...