A Man With A Scottish Instrument And An Unexpected Surprise For The Audience
The entrancing melodies of bagpipes have forever held a special place within the hearts of many. Their haunting notes possess the remarkable ability to evoke a wide array of…
Piano Prodigy Elisey Mysin, Who Has Been Compared To Mozart
Being born with a natural talent for anything is a gift, but when you become a master of the piano before your tenth birthday, it’s a miracle. This miracle’s…
Lizzo Creates History by Playing 200-Year-Old Crystal Flute of Former President
It’s not often that a sustained note followed by a trill, played on a flute, makes headlines around the world. Mostly the story ran as a human interest item. Conservative…
13 Fascinating Facts About the Musical Maestro, Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a renowned composer and musician who lived between 1685 and 1750. He is one of the most celebrated composers of all time and regularly tops lists…
Lang Lang Delves Into The World Of Nuance And Imagination In Bach’s “Goldbergs”
The “Goldberg” Variations? Lang Lang? Really? Really. The fleet-fingered Chinese pianist, the Fresh Prince of Razzle-Dazzle, left all mugging and mannerisms at the Carnegie Hall stage door Tuesday night, and…
Pianist Lang Lang Shares the Melodies that Shaped His Musical Soul
From Bach to Pavarotti, via Chopin and Tchaikovsky, here is the music that has made Lang Lang the performer he is today Chinese pianist Lang Lang has won plaudits for…
Lang Lang: The Piano Phenomenon Elevating Music To New Heights
He’s performed for presidents, played with the finest philharmonics and lives like a rock star. But can pianist Lang Lang make the leap to global superstardom ‘Sometimes after a concert…
Musical Brilliance Unleashed: Six Unforgettable Lang Lang Performances
Having played the piano since the age of two, turned it into a profession by three and performed his first full recital when he was five, chinese pianist Lang Lang…
Significant Igor Stravinsky Works Discovered After 100 Years
Stephen Walsh, a world expert on the composer, tells how lost score was found in piles of dusty manuscripts An important early orchestral work by one of the greatest…
The Tormented Life of Lina Prokofiev through Letters and Secret Files
Secret torment of the composer’s wife: How Lina Prokofiev was tortured by Stalin’s secret police then sent to the gulag for eight years after her husband abandoned her New book…