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Sparks fly at the Queen's Hall, but it's the gentler arrangements that really impress. 

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

Freshness and intensity were brought to Beethoven's later piano sonatas, including a convincing Hammerklavier, together with a welcome performance of his last work for solo piano.

Both composers whose music was performed in Garrick Ohlsson’s Sydney solo concert were motivated by other artists, namely painters, thus an originally visual experience became audial in the resulting compositions.

An inconsistent but ultimately satisfying recital from Benjamin Grosvenor in Rameau, Bach, Franck, Chopin, and Granados.

Stephen Hough’s solo piano recital had an immediate appeal even before the first note sounded. The programme’s design followed perfect symmetry of Claude Debussy and Frédéric Chopin’s Four Ballades.

I had three things to be excited about on Friday evening: seeing Fazıl Say in a solo recital – which I hadn’t done in 4 years, going to Zorlu Center – Istanbul’s newest and, according to reports, most modern and acoustically pleasing concert hall. The third is private.As it turns out, all but one of them turned out to be worth the anticipation.

With one week’s notice, Horacio Gutiérrez was indisposed and cancelled his much-anticipated piano recital at Toronto’s Koerner Hall. In his place, it was Valentina Lisitsa to the rescue, the sensational pianist who has now had over 50 million views on her YouTube channel, giving her the status of a rock star.

St John’s, Smith Square, is one of London’s loveliest concert venues. A Baroque church, situated in the heart of Westminster, amongst government offices and ministerial departments, it boasts a fine acoustic, and is host to a varied programme of concerts throughout the year.

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.

Pavel Kolesnikov, auréolé d'un Diapason d'or de l'année, donnait un récital de piano dans le cadre du Festival du Vexin, où il revenait pour la cinquième fois.

Dans la grande salle de la Philarmonie Tchaïkovsky de Moscou, le pianiste Alexandre Ghindine Il nous offre un récital au pianisme galopant, dominé par les figures de Liszt, Chopin et Scriabine, tous trois pianistes de renoms, maîtres dans l’art d’écrire pour l’instrument.

Le 21 novembre 2015 a eu lieu le premier concert public du Centre de musique de chambre de Paris, à la Salle Cortot. Des musiciens tous impliqués et meilleurs les uns que les autres, une ambiance chaleureuse, un répertoire riche et varié : de quoi être enthousiasmé ! Et profiter de ces beaux moments pour se reconstruire.

Rafał Blechacz est venu à Pleyel défendre les mérites de la jeunesse, bien sûr, mais aussi, du haut de ses 28 ans, l’incroyable maturité de son jeu, qui ferait pâlir de jalousie plus d’un prodige.