In bringing to life a long-envisioned French project, celebrated pianist Lang Lang stumbled upon a wealth of intriguing discoveries, spanning from the works of five female French composers to even the ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Who now remembers Rita Strohl, Virginie Morel, Clémence de Grandval, Hedwige Chrétien or Marie-Foscarine ...
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez had a reputation as a hardcore modernist steeped in the dissonances of 20th-Century music. But that didn’t stop him from turning ...
Most youngsters consider practicing the piano a chore. French pianist Pascal Rogé saw it as a reward. His mother, and first piano teacher, took to locking the door of the music room to prevent the ...
Ride the waves of La Mer—Debussy’s shimmering portrait of the sea—and then dive into the rich, romantic world of Cécile Chaminade’s Piano Sonata, a rarely heard work full of passion and lyricism. Two ...
At brief, introspective moments in Ridley Scott's pyrotechnics-heavy biopic Napoleon, a simple melody emerges from the delicate sound of an old piano. It's more than 200 years old and once belonged to ...
FRENCH by birth but adopted by Britain, Riopy is a gifted composer and piano virtuoso. His music has soundtracked movies including The Shape Of Water, Mr Turner and The Danish Girl. Riopy's music has ...
DR. SAINT-SAENS PLAYS AGAIN; The French Composer Heard in His Fifth Piano Concerto in Carnegie Hall.
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PARIS—More than 200 years of French piano-making history is reaching its finale. Ateliers Pleyel—one the world's oldest manufacturers of pianos—said late Tuesday that it was ceasing production at its ...
Claude Bolling, a French jazz pianist and composer whose work can be heard in over 100 films, died on Dec. 29 in Garches, France. He was 90. Bolling’s representatives announced his death on his ...
FRENCH by birth but adopted by Britain, Riopy is a gifted composer and piano virtuoso. His music has soundtracked movies including The Shape Of Water, Mr Turner and The Danish Girl. Riopy’s music has ...
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