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Back to Bach
Pianist András Schiff revisits The Well-Tempered Clavier and other totems of J.S. Bach — on stage and on record.
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By Bradley Bambarger -
Evolution of Form
Everything you always wanted to know about Baroque concertos (but were afraid to ask)
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By David Hurwitz -
Far-Flung Pianos
Distant Steinways tell diverse stories.
By Brian Wise
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Mystery Maestro
Upon Kirill Petrenko’s Japanese debut, a glimpse behind the scenes
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By Rebecca Schmid -
Mystery Maestro
Upon Kirill Petrenko’s Japanese debut, a glimpse behind the scenes
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By Rebecca Schmid -
Toward the Meaningful
In defense of cultural curators
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By Damian Fowler -
Toward the Meaningful
Concert halls try to cater to the Twenty-First Century.
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By Brian Wise -
Finding Felix
Pianist Louis Lortie and the Quebec Symphony Orchestra record Mendelssohn.
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By Ben Finane -
Cleveland in Vienna
The Cleveland Orchestra brings opera to Vienna’s Musikverein.
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By Rebecca Schmid -
Drawn to Brahms
Cellist Zuill Bailey and pianist Awadagin Pratt find a connection.
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By Donald Rosenberg -
Brahms’ Third Piano Concerto?
Pianist–arranger Dejan Lazič transforms the Brahms Violin Concerto into a work for his instrument.
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By Bradley Bambarger -
Power Trio
Lang Lang, Mischa Maisky and Vadim Repin tackle the Russians.
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By Damian Fowler -
Writer's Respite
Music as solace from words
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By Ben Finane -
Downtown, You're Legendary
Now eighty, a look back at the Village Vanguard’s unlikely path
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By Jed Distler -
Playing the Barre
The invisible but indispensable ballet rehearsal pianist.
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By Marcia Adair -
When Tchaikovsky Met Brahms
The Russian composer — born one hundred seventy-five years ago this year — reacted strongly to Brahms, the man and his music.
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By Bradley Bambarger -
The Belated American
Chronicling Béla Bartók’s expatriate years
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By Menon Dwarka -
Blackstar and The Spiders From Jazz
The inspiration behind David Bowie’s final album
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By Bradley Bambarger -
Minimal Bowie
On the artist’s classical penchants and collaborations
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By Damian Fowler -
Beer and Loafing in Norfolk
A strange journey into the perception of alcohol for art's sake
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By Ben Finane -
Going Home — Joyce Yang
A simple question leads to a simple answer.
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By Joyce Yang -
With the Piano Tuner
Baseball may have won out, but the piano abides.
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By Fay Vincent -
Revenge of the Collaborative Pianists
The accompanist as equal partner
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By Brian Wise -
A Portrait of the Artist: Paul Wyse, Pictures at an Exhibition
Pianist Paul Wyse repaints Pictures at an Exhibition.
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By Robert Hillinck -
Toward The New World: Dumbarton Oaks
On Dumbarton Oaks, Stravinsky’s fortuitious commission from American patrons.
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By Ben Finane -
Banging Out The Brahms
Joshua Bell, Jeremy Denk and Steven Isserlis go to work.
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By Ben Finane -
Songs Without Words — Anderson and Roe
A piano duo recasts works for voice as instrumental fantasies on a nocturnal theme.
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By Bradley Bambarger -
At Play with Bach — Jeffrey Biegel
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel adorns pieces by J.S. Bach with his own ornaments in a solo session for the Steinway & Sons label.
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By Bradley Bambarger -
The Opera House
A Russian short story
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by Veniamin Vasilievich Finane -
Works Songs — Jason Moran
Jason Moran on music, space and time.
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By Ben Finane -
Transcribing Evans — Bill Evans
Fitting jazz into a classical box
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By Jed Distler