Beethoven composed several concertos during his teens – the piano score of a complete concerto in E flat dating from 1784 is the only one to have survived. But it is the five piano concertos he wrote ...

Sonata for Piano No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Stephen Kovacevich, Piano Sonata for Piano No. 2 Stephen Kovacevich, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 3 Ludwig van ...

Andsnes and the MCO’s fresh and sensitive performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concertos have been an early Proms highlight. But is there such a thing as ‘authentic’ Beethoven? In the glittering wake of ...

Of all the musical genres (that word again), the Piano Sonata is the only one that Beethoven worked on more or less consistently throughout his life. No large gaps as with the Symphonies or String ...

Beethoven’s 1817 fortepiano, built by Thomas Broadwood. Beethoven, though primarily thought of as a great composer, was also the greatest pianist of his age. Only Franz Liszt could approach ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Lahav Shani, Conductor, Piano Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 7 Lahav Shani, Conductor, Piano Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Multitalented ...

Emil Gilels died suddenly in 1985. Together with Sviatoslav Richter he was one of the unquestionably great Russian pianists of the postwar Soviet era, and part of an outstanding generation of players ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 Nannette Streicher has been marginalized by history, but she was one of Europe’s finest keyboard manufacturers. By Patricia Morrisroe ...