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At the Festival Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou, Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Hyunji Kim perform all the solo piano works at the Église Saint-Vincent, a stone’s throw from the house where Ravel was born.

Prodigieux techniquement, inspiré poétiquement, fidèle aux multiples dimensions de la musique de Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou a livré une intégrale qui fera date.

The Boston Symphony's final concert of 2024 is marked by appearance of the two conducting fellows from this summer’s Tanglewood Music Center, Ross Jamie Collins and Na’zir McFadden. 

Yuja Wang returns to David Hockney’s Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) installation at London's Lightroom for a truly immersive recital. 

La pianista china ofrece en el Palacio de Festivales un excepcional concierto en torno al impresionismo francés y la música de Chopin que cerró con una vertiginosa entrega de propinas.

Dans l'église de La Côte-Saint-André, les concerts pianistiques se succèdent et ne se ressemblent pas tant que cela... Retour sur le récital de Benjamin Grosvenor et le monologue théâtral proposé par Céline Dupas-Hutin.

Kahchun Wong and Benjamin Grosvenor give Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto an extraordinary overhaul; followed by a remarkable jaunt around Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. 

Hannah Eisendle's Heliosis proves the highlight of Prom 36, with Benjamin Grosvenor giving a performance of quality in Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto.

Robert Louis Stevenson was clear in the advice he gave: “It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.” Pablo Heras-Casado, Bertrand Chamayou and the house orchestra of the Elbphilharmonie embark on musical journeys, but with mixed results.

Dans un programme Schumann-Albéniz-Ravel, le pianiste britannique subjugue par son exceptionnelle agilité instrumentale et son sens des couleurs orchestrales.

With selections from Schumann, Ravel and Albéniz, the English pianist offers a virtuosic program notable for its style, wit and narrative focus.

Dans la petite église de Hendaye pleine comme un œuf, le co-directeur artistique du Festival Ravel a livré un récital Ravel-Liszt-Jarrell proprement extraordinaire.

From chic Ravel to Mussorgsky's more rugged Pictures at an Exhibition, Inon Barnatan's International Piano Series debut took listeners on a tour of the piano's colours. 

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's Edinburgh recital, which consisted of sonatas by Beethoven and works by Ravel and Debussy, was just pure delight, from first note to last. 

Games of various types pirouetted in and out of Les Siècles' Gallic programme last night, from Debussy's play of the waves in La Mer to the shenanigans of a distinctly adult game of tennis in his ballet Jeux.

“Wigmore Hall is flooded now!” confessed Philippe Cassard. It was Claude Debussy who left the tap running, with every form of precipitation – rain, snow, fog – pouring from the Steinway's keyboard, trickling from fountain, springing from river beds. 

A fascinating recital from Hélène Grimaud at the Barbican balanced a first half sequence exploring works with an aquatic theme against some monumental Brahms. 

Helene Grimaud's recital inside Disney Hall mucially captures and captivates nature's terrene elements with a balance of aqueous colouring and deeply grounded terra firma.

Hélène Grimaud nous offre un programme dont l’unité réside dans le thème de l’eau, ainsi que la puissante Sonate No.2 de Brahms.

Artist Douglas Gordon and pianist Hélène Grimaud literally flooded the Park Avenue Armory with tears become… streams become… 

Anyone who knows the name Marc-André Hamelin will know him foremost for his technique. It is, to use a crude expression, what his brand is built upon.

French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard gave the first of two concerts at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall to celebrate Franz Liszt’s bicentenary, and to coincide with the release of his ambitious recording, The Liszt Project.