Playing his own selection of pieces from Bach’s monumental work may be heresy, but Anderszewki’s intelligence, lucidity and joy is undeniable It’s four years since Piotr Anderszewski last released a ...

This review has been updated. See note below. András Schiff is the Master. Wednesday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, he played the first book of Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier.” A book it is. A Bach ...

Many people, if they wonder how music is made up, suppose that it consists of a tune and an accompaniment. The paradigmatic guitarist in front of a campfire croons the melody, while his hands create ...

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 8:35 p.m. UCLA professor David S. Lefkowitz is stretching the bounds of classical composition, taking piano music to new scales. What first started as a pandemic ...

In the last decade of his life, from 1740 to 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach abandoned the furious pace of composition he had maintained for over 30 years and concentrated his creative energies largely on ...

(24) Preludes and Fugues, Movements: No. 1 in C Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Olli Mustonen, Piano (24) Preludes and Fugues, Movements: No. 5 in D Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Olli Mustonen, Piano ...

In August 2007, I set off on a 14-month recital tour performing Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece The Well-Tempered Clavier to audiences in 25 countries around the world. It took a lot of stamina – ...

She is tiny, elegant, dignified. Her hair, immaculately bobbed, glows like silk. Her silk outfit, charcoal with a touch of saffron at collar and sleeves, is a masterclass in understated style. Her ...