On this day, 9 November, in 1901 in Moscow, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 premiered with the composer as soloist at the keys. But how did this work of genius, with a melody in its second movement ...

The big event of the Orchestra’s fall season, a complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano concertos, is set to feature a different ...

Pianist Brian Ganz, well-known to Washington, D.C. audiences for his interpretations of the music of the great Romantic ...

Sergei Rachmaninov was born in 1873 into an affluent Russian family. Unfortunately, his father lost all their wealth in business, which resulted in his parents' separation and Sergei moving to ...

Record Review Podcast Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2 Jonathan Cross selects his favourite version of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no.2. 49 mins ...

Two large works are on the program for Feb. 6, including the Beethoven Violin Concerto, played here by the fine American ...

Nothing but drums, cannons, men, misery of all sorts,” Beethoven wrote his publisher to describe the scene, which did nothing to help his incipient hearing loss. He dedicated the concerto not to ...

There was a huge crowd, nearly a completely full house, on Thursday night at Symphony Center when Riccardo Muti returned to ...

This outstanding concert proved once again that Karina Canellakis’ tenure at the LPO is one of the capital’s most exciting ...

Pianist Jon Nakamatsu returns to Waco, 30 years later, to play Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto and its “incredible ...

Joined by pianist Mitsuko Uchida, the maestro was back for the first of his four sets of Orchestra Hall concerts this season.

The encore allowed the Vienna Philharmonic to display its trademark style of charm and technical elegance, transporting the ...