Why the waltz? What gives with this senescent New Year’s tradition of still waltzing 200 years since the birth of the dance’s greatest maker, Johann Strauss II? One simple answer is that this ...
NEW YORK (WKRC) - A waltz from one of history's most famous musicians has been discovered after 200 years. It is the first new piece from the composer that has been found since 1930. Robinson ...
An unknown waltz by Chopin has been found. By Javier C. Hernández I’m a reporter covering classical music, opera and dance. As The Times’s classical music reporter, I don’t often get “news” from ...
An unknown work in the composer’s hand has emerged in a New York museum, the first such find in more than a half century. The pianist Lang Lang plays it here. Listen to the full performance ...
Musicians might draw on memories of the past as they improvise something new. Amy Beach says she remembered a time hearing waltzes in Vienna as she created her Five Improvisations for piano. Step into ...
On April 11, 2025, Hyperion Records will re-release Sir Stephen Hough’s complete Chopin Waltzes, now featuring Sir Stephen’s new recording of Chopin’s Waltz in A minor (Valse). This previously unheard ...
On a list of the world's highest-grossing tours of last year, you'll find a lot of familiar names: U2, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga. And then, at No. 9, is an outlier: Andre Rieu, Dutch violinist and ...