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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. 

Jeremy Denk opens his recital with an intricately curated assortment of works by female composers, past and present.

The 19-year-old performs four masterpieces presented in chronological order and illustrating the evolution of the art of the keyboard from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century.

Paul Lewis continued his enlightening exploration of Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms with performances of delicacy, steel and depth, where quality ruled over quantity.

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.

Murray Perahia plays Haydn, Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven in Manchester's Bridgewater Hall.

Emanual Ax demonstrated brilliance both as creative innovator and performer, paying homage the pianist's pianist, Johannes Brahms.

Murray Perahia’s programmes are always tidily thought through, exploring interrelationships between pieces and building progressively, often from Bach to Chopin via Beethoven. This was no different, with Bach and Chopin the bread to a sandwich of late Brahms and lesser-known Beethoven and Schubert. Though the Chopin was a little abrupt, this was a thorougly satisfying concert.

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.

Im Eröffnungskonzert des vom Lucerne Festival über Auffahrt ausgerichteten Klavier-Festes begeisterte Igor Levit mit einer umwerfenden Interpretation der von Liszt verfertigten Klavierfassung der Dritten Symphonie Beethovens.

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.

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