Piano

Alfred Cortot, French Pianist Alfred Cortot is widely considered to be one of France's greatest pianists, if not the greatest. He was also a conductor and a teacher. Additionally, he...

One of the nice things about doing this blog is that I occasionally discover a musician about whom I knew nothing. Magda Tagliaferro is one of those musicians. She is...

I have a friend who mentioned to me today that he feels connected to Chopin. And, so I told him that I could do a posting on Chopin. I have...

Songs Without Words, German Lieder ohne Worte, collection of 48 songs written for solo piano rather than voice by German composer Felix Mendelssohn. Part of the collection—consisting of 36 songs—was...

EMIL GILELS Emil Gilels (October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) is considered by many to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. He led the way to...

I am going to do with a Brahms piano piece what I have done with singers. I am going to have the same piece played by several pianists so that...

I am going to do something a little unusual for this posting. I am going to concentrate on one particular piece by Chopin and then two interpretations of it. I...

When pianists think of Gaspard de la nuit ("gaspard" comes from an old Persian word meaning "treasurer"), their hearts stop. Ravel’s masterpiece, as famous for its depiction of Aloysius Bertrand’s...

I discovered Egorov when I read a biography of him in Dutch. He defected from the USSR when he was very young and found his way to Amsterdam. One of...