Born in 1945, in Dublin, to a pre-eminent family of the Anglo-Irish gentry, Richard Alexander Charles Cobbe is one the ...

Among record collectors there are desert-island discs –the handful of discs you’d take to said isolated island. Now, Mikhail ...

Rosenthal explains how he reimagines classical melodies, builds bridges between genres, and prepares for his Tanglewood ...

Adolphus Hailstork is one of America’s most respected living composers. He once said he wanted his First Piano Concerto to ...

Before I was born, Clara, a second-generation Canadian, gave a single solo classical piano concert, somewhere in downtown Montreal. My mother Clara was a fine pianist, a “CONCERT PIANIST” as ...

The Alliance Française auditorium in Nairobi was filled with anticipation on Thursday evening as the renowned pianist Svetlana Smolina, who is one of the best pianists of the 21st century, graced the ...

Stephen Aron is a world-renowned classical guitarist who founded Oberlin’s Classical Guitar program in 1992. He is a groundbreaking figure in the world of classical guitar recordings, publishing the ...

Alan Walker, the esteemed biographer of Liszt and Chopin, explains his singular approach to history. He reveals why he remains an ‘analogue person‘ in a digital world, and argues that the best path to ...

How a Chopin piano competition helped me find joy in a dark world - FIRST PERSON: It’s called the Olympic Games of the piano – the Chopin Competition, which takes place every five years in Warsaw.

Musicologist Iza Smelczyńska and music critic Filip Lech discuss the agitation in the final round, the orchestral imperfections, and conclude that no matter what, the verdict of the Chopin Competition ...

THE feat of becoming the first Malaysian to reach the finals of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition has brought much excitement to the home state of Penang-born pianist Vincent Ong.

During the concert, held in the National Philharmonic's main hall, audiences will hear selected works by Fryderyk Chopin performed by the 2025 competition prizewinners, featuring pieces they presented ...