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A recital of two halves for the Moscow-born pianist in her long overdue Carnegie Hall debut. 

The Korean pianist gives his first solo recital at the Barbican, focussed around Handel, Brahms and variation form. 

Lucerne’s new festival “Le Piano Symphonique” showcases the orchestral qualities of the piano... and the harpsichord, with a recital in what was once a swimming pool! 

The Singapore International Piano Festival returns with an impressive show of keyboard mastery by the Argentinian pianist.

Juxtaposing Debussy’s music with opuses by Schumann and Beethoven, Stephen Hough brought forward connection points one wouldn't have thought of.

Russian pianist Anna Tsybuleva, winner of the 2015 Leeds International Piano Competition, made her Wigmore Hall debut in a programme of fantasy-like works spanning 300 years of music history.

Daniil Trifonov returns to Carnegie Hall in a performance of Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, and Schumann.

Daniil Trifonov dazzled, for sure, but at times he did slightly more than that. And when he did dazzle, it was always very musical dazzling; he is far from the empty dazzler one might expect so young a virtuoso to be. No – there’s no doubt that Trifonov is a highly intelligent musician, as well as a highly talented one, and there was much to enjoy in this varied programme for Wigmore Hall.

No wonder Jayson Gillham looked pleased to be back on stage at Birmingham Town Hall. It must have brought back some happy memories, as it was here that he won first prize in the 2011 Brant International Piano Competition. In the intervening couple of years, he’s built up an inspiring CV.

When I first settled into my red velvet seat at Carnegie Hall, my excitement was overtaken by a grim foreboding. The hall’s internationally celebrated acoustics were offering an all-too-dazzling earful of sneezes and sniffles – a fact I observed in a germaphobic panic.

An extraordinary event took place on Tuesday evening in Saint-Paul-de Joliette, Quebec, a pleasant little farming community located about an hour’s drive northeast of Montreal.