If You Like Schumann, You Might Like Piotr Anderszewski

The French pianist Aldo Ciccolini was born on 15 August 1925 in Naples, Italy, but he made his home in Paris in the late 1940s. His artistry was a rare blend of precision and sensitivity, making his performances both captivating

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Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin are six of the most unusual works ever written for the instrument. They exemplify a number of contradictions. They are works of orchestral complexity – composed for completely unaccompanied violin. They are incredibly

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the most famous composers who ever lived – but the myths surrounding him sometimes obscure the quirkier facts about his life. Beyond the powdered wigs, Mozart was a complicated, funny, deeply human figure whose

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August is here, and Bayreuth is in the air. The 2026 festival features the German tenor Klaus Florian Vogt singing in all four parts of The Ring of the Nibelung. Elsewhere, the British-German soprano Sarah Wegener has impressed audiences with

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Composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff had two daughters, Irina and Tatiana, born at the family estate of Ivanovka in 1903 and 1907. The Rachmaninoff children grew up between Russia, Dresden, and Switzerland before the Russian Revolution forced the family into

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