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Alasdair Beatson presented a dazzling programme of 20th-century piano music, with Harrison Birtwistle at its centre. 

The young Russian pianist once more bewitches, dazzles and excites in a wide-ranging recital.

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

Viennese pianist Till Fellner has gained a reputation for his interpretations of masterpieces from central European repertoire, and his enjoyable lunchtime recital featured well-known and well-loved pieces by Haydn, Schumann and Liszt.

There was a distinct buzz in the air prior to this evening’s highly anticipated recital, a rare solo appearance by American pianist Murray Perahia. His recital at the Barbican Hall sold out months ago, with tickets selling fast before the programme had even been announced.

Michael Ierace's piano recital last night in Linton, Cambridgeshire was revelatory. That adjective is perhaps devalued through overuse, but this young Australian pianist's playing does indeeed reveal the strong, the beautiful, and the unexpected in music one might believe one already knows.

La gracilidad y una interacción perfecta coparon la partitura rusa, de una factura primorosa y que preludia, merced a su naturaleza misteriosa y sutil, páginas como el ballet Raymonda, de Alexander Glazunov. La reaparición de Baldocci también fue pretexto para intercambiar los instrumentos: un gesto que funciona como el correlato de la buena comunicación y una desenvoltura absoluta. 

On sait à quel point la Roumanie est une terre d’élection du plus grand piano et Dana Ciocarlie ne dément pas de cette tradition.