‘Responding to what is changing around me is what I like the most’ You’d be forgiven for thinking that the great-grand-niece of Francis Poulenc, one of France’s greatest 20th-century composers, was destined to have a life in the arts. However,
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The 1800s were the golden age of the piano concerto. Composers were pushing the form in radical new directions, from Beethoven‘s revolutionary opening gambits to Brahms‘s symphonic sprawl. Here is our pick for the best piano concerto from each decade
