Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Not since Lili Kraus more than half a century ago has a pianist tackled Mozart’s 18 piano sonatas with such insight, ...

Popular history loves a good stage parent, and few can compare to the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the demanding task master who helped shape his prodigy son into one of the world’s best ...

Sony Classical is delighted to release an advance preview track from the eagerly anticipated debut album by the extraordinarily gifted young Japanese pianist, Mao Fujita. Having signed an exclusive ...

Mozart poses formidable challenges for modern pianists. Late 18th-century Viennese pianos resemble our contemporary instruments only on the most basic mechanical level. The way the hammers are ...

Robert Silverman (call him "Bob") just doesn't let up. Currently, he is performing the entire Beethoven piano sonatas at both the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver as part of the "Music on Main" series, as ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Erik Satie's 3 Gymnopédies are spread across the ...

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The only time I heard English pianist Christian Blackshaw in concert, he came across as unusually comfortable in his skin. I wrote at the time that he seemed "secure in the feeling that his personal ...

SANTA BARBARA — When the American composer Elliott Carter reached the seemingly ripe old age of 80, I interviewed him about his late style. He wasn’t much interested in either looking back or keeping ...

Lots of pianists give Mozart's piano sonatas the kid gloves treatment. They want to respect the lighter tonal character of the instruments of Mozart's time and avoid projecting Beethovenian ...