Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this year Yuja Wang delivered one of the high-profile dates of Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary year ...
On the next Houston Symphony Broadcast, we feature another stellar performance by pianist Daniil Trifonov, this time with Rachmaninoff and his spin on a famous tune by Paganini. James Gaffigan ...
These concertos span Rachmaninov's career, from his farewell to Russia (the piano concerto No 1 of 1891) to his uneasy exile in the new world, where he encountered 1920s jazz and big bands but wrote ...
In February 2023, at Walt Disney Hall, Classical piano superstar Yuja Wang joined forces with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a sold-out Rachmaninov marathon – all four piano ...
In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...
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The violinist Nicolo Paganini set the standard for instrumental virtuosity in the early 19th century. Many composers have been inspired by his music to create devilishly hard pieces of their own.