A few notices in the news are enough to get the message across that there is a new sheriff in town. As this is being written, the National Ballet of...
Keep Reading »
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
Peter Serkin is one of the great pianists of our time. Of course he plays Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin and Brahms beautifully. But without his...
Keep Reading »
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
A wonderfully gifted pianist, Anna Polonsky, will be appearing in two concerts under the auspices of the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. The...
Keep Reading »
Monday, November 16th, 2009
On November 27, 28 and 29, the pianist Horacio Gutiérrez will play Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 with the Philadelphia...
Keep Reading »
There is a plethora of fine, young pianists, most much too good for the fate that awaits them. Every once in a while one stumbles on a pianist who...
Keep Reading »
One can't help wondering why it is that so much music has been written for the left hand alone and virtually none of any significance for the right...
Keep Reading »
We have lost two giants of the piano this year. Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish Catalan pianist, considered by many to have been the greatest woman...
Keep Reading »
Several upcoming concerts in Philadelphia are well worth considering. The first offers music by Felix Mendelssohn and Franz Liszt. The others, a...
Keep Reading »
The fact that an overwhelming percentage of pianists suffer pain when playing, pain that often leads to career ending injury, is the best kept secret...
Keep Reading »