Live, Video: Find classical music concert, opera, ballet and dance reviews | 6 Piano Pieces, Op.118

Can a short work be given more meaning than it can bear? Igor Levit plays all twenty of Brahms' late piano solos, before being awarded the Wigmore Medal. 

American pianist Jonathan Biss explored the notion of late style in a programme of works by Schumann, Kurtág, Chopin and Brahms which revealed a common intensity of expression regardless of the composer's age.

Arcadi Volodos is a big man, and when he sits down to the piano, he produces a big sound. The extraordinary richness of timbre was obvious from the first notes of Brahms' 6 Klavierstücke, Op.118.

Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos held the audience's attention with live performance at its best, at times eccentric, yet totally captivating and always uplifting. 

Pianist Orli Shaham was in Dallas Thursday night for a recital at Hamon Hall, a small space located within the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Her performance of works by William Bolcom, Brahms and Mussorgsky, though uneven and hampered by a bad instrument, was full of humor and sensitive moments, and her spoken remarks helped add a personal touch to the already intimate setting.

For pianist Jeremy Denk, Ligeti’s Études have been a kind of musical calling card. On tour, he has paired the Hungarian composer’s revolutionary studies in virtuosic pianism with Bach’s Goldberg Variations, while Denk’s latest recording presents Books I and II of the Études as bookends to Beethoven’s final piano sonata.

Elder statesman of British pianism and soloist of international renown, Peter Donohoe gave a richly varied and, at times, highly emotional recital as part of the Southbank Centre’s ongoing International Piano Series, featuring music by Debussy, Liszt, Brahms and Bartok.

De Brahms à Schubert en passant par Beethoven, le pianiste de 85 ans a proposé un voyage d'une éloquence folle, sans jamais hausser le ton ou forcer l'auditeur à le suivre.

Judith Jáuregui ofreció un recital conformado por un personal programa que viajó de la emoción a la nostalgia.

Le maître russe a livré au public toulousain un nouveau récital mémorable, dans des œuvres de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart et Johannes Brahms.

Grigory Sokolov, leyenda viva del pianismo ruso, ofreció un recital con obras de Beethoven y Brahms en el Auditorio Nacional.

Salle Gaveau, Michel Dalberto a livré un récital mémorable, de Schubert à Liszt, montrant qu'il est, à bientôt 64 ans, le grand maître du piano en France.

Sir András Schiff lief bei seinem Rezital in der Philharmonie nie Gefahr, sentimental oder zu romantisierend zu spielen.