When the Berlin magazine "Signale für die Musikalische Welt" announced a piano work contest in 1909, Szymanowski submitted a combination of an old fugue he had composed back in 1905 with a short, ...
The young Rachmaninov knocked out this pianistic pinnacle aged just 19 years old. Why has it managed to remain a favourite for such a long time? After he emerged from the Moscow Conservatory as a ...
He even plays with a STICK on the keys at the end... just wait. 2017 was not only Classic FM's 25th Birthday – the piano manufacturer Steinway & Sons also celebrated their own special anniversary: 25 ...
Nov. 11, 1921: Rachmaninoff sorry he wrote prelude Sergei Rachmaninoff – who many musicians declare is the biggest living composer and the finest pianist in the world today – acknowledges he made his ...
Although Sergei Rachmaninov was one of the most successful 20th century composers, he has been snubbed by some musical elitists, even historians. One famous music history book devotes a mere seven ...
Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play the piano. Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play his "Prelude on C# Minor." Great Performances is ...
Meet Ruby, a Red Labrador who plays Rachmaninoff! In this video, you can witness the impressive doggo joining her human at the piano, and coming in exactly at the right moment to play her part of ...