People get attached to their pianos because they require vital, human contact. Along the way, these machines of complexity acquire personalities --some would say souls --a spirit that comes through ...
Eliana Yi dreamed of pursuing piano performance in college, nevermind that her fingers could barely reach the length of an octave. Unable to fully play many works by Romantic-era composers including ...
The piano recital is the closest thing classical music has to stand-up comedy. No, a piano recital isn’t funny – or isn’t usually – but, like the stand-up comedian, the soloist works by himself. He ...
Pianist Han Chen will release a recording of Anton Rubinstein's Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 & 4 this spring, completing his survey ...
Every day in March for Women’s History Month CapRadio celebrates Women In Music who brought us to where we are today and the ...
When you read that Seattle resident Steve Brady has won his profession’s coveted Golden Hammer Award, what profession first springs to mind? If the answer is either “wrestling” or “construction,” ...
The performance of the Hummel Grand Concerto for bassoon from 1805 here is just superb. French-born Sophie Dervaux (née Dartigalongue, just like the armagnac) is principal bassoon in the Vienna ...
The inaugural Piano Plus Richard Goula International Chamber Music Competition, was created specifically for chamber ...
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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by that decisive moment [Read all of our classical music coverage here.] What would you play for friends to get them to love the piano? That’s the ...