Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson captivated a sold-out audience at the Shanghai Symphony Hall on May 31 with a mesmerizing 75-minute performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Goldberg Variations." ...

The star Icelandic pianist is having an extraordinary year – recording, and now performing, Bach’s monumental work 88 times around the world. He explains why it gripped his imagination, and pushed him ...

Jane Jones explores ‘Music which rests lightly on the wings of the unchecked wind.’ I was captivated by these words from the legendary Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, re-cycling a quote from Beaudelaire ...

Icelandic pianist Vikingur Olafsson passionately confessed his deep affection for Johann Sebastian Bach and the “Goldberg Variations.” “I have been dreaming about recording the Goldberg Variations for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the past few years Vikingur Ólafsson has broken into a rare market for a classical musician. His recordings ...

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Arrangements of Bach's supreme keyboard work seem to proliferate for no worthwhile reason. But this particular reworking has more claim to attention than most, for it shows the Goldberg Variations ...

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Neilson Hays Library will open its space for a musical showcase on January 15 (from 18:00) by N.O.A., the all-female trio set to perform J.S. Bach's "Golden Variations." Tickets are B800 per person, ...