Luís Costa/Rui Pinheiro/Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras – Musíadas 1.0 Can you name a few works written by Portuguese composers? Portuguese pianist Luís Costa recently collaborated with Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras under the baton of Rui Pinheiro and released an album

Together with Jenny Lind and Thérèse Tietjens, Adelina Patti (1843-1919) was one of the most famous sopranos in history. According to Verdi and others, her voice possessed an unmatched bird-like purity, beauty, and remarkable flexibility. In addition, Patti had the

The second part of Richard Wagner’s great opera tetralogy, Die Walküre, had its debut at the Green National Opera (GNO) in March 2024. It was a joint production with the Royal Danish Theatre and was the first Ring Cycle production

The life of Siegfried Wagner – son of Richard Wagner and grandson of Franz Liszt – touches on a wide range of questions that classical musicians are still wrestling with today. Questions like: How does it affect an artist’s life

Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870) was one of the most renowned virtuoso pianists of his time. A critic in 1821 wrote, “He is one of the best players that we have ever heard. He has Clementi’s science, Cramer’s expression, and Kalkbrenner’s brilliance.

“Music is ubiquitous – it crosses borders and cultures:” Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman is a highly accomplished pianist who received her training at the prestigious Juilliard School. Her career has spanned beyond classical music performances, including playing in refugee camps.

Alessandro Stradella’s life ended tragically at the age of 42 when a shadowy assassin stabbed him to death for reasons unknown. Allegedly, a certain Giovanni Battista Lomellino organized the murder. Lomellino, it has been said, became jealous when he realized

The three composers on this recording, Dorothy Howell (1898–1982), Pamela Harrison (1915–1990), and Madeleine Dring (1923–1977) are probably not on your regular piano repertoire lists. But, as this recording of their music for two pianos by Simon Callaghan and Hiroaki