One of the great pleasures of writing this column is to be proved wrong. A few years ago, I fretted One of the great pleasures of writing this column is to be proved wrong. A few years ago, I fretted ...

Will this piano be able to withstand Liszt’s performance?”In the 19th century, this became a truly important question for piano makers.That person was Franz Liszt, known for works such as “La ...

What started as a solo piano performance quickly turned into something extraordinary when a flute virtuoso joined the music. The unexpected collaboration created an instant connection between piano ...

Back in the 1970s, pianist Al Haig told me that, to him, the changeover to bebop in the 1940s was not, for someone musically active at the time, a surprise or even a radical development. He had been ...

Signs that Yeol Eum Son is shedding her image as a Cliburn medalist and becoming a full-blooded pianist were abundant Sunday at her UAB Piano Series recital. The 24-year-old Korean, who earned silver ...

I met a violin virtuoso at a shopping mall, and what began around a public piano quickly developed into an unexpected musical collaboration. The violin joined the piano naturally, bringing a ...

Singer-songwriter Tori Amos has never been one to bask in the limelight, but she commanded the full attention of a Newcastle City Hall crowd. Performing solo, the American musician held her fans rapt ...