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The British composer William Busch (1901–1945) studied music internationally. His first music lessons were in the US, followed by piano and music lessons in Berlin. In May 1924, he returned to London, where he had piano lessons with Benno Moiseiwitsch

British pianist Sir Stephen Hough hadn’t intended to write a piano concerto. But during the dark days of the COVID pandemic, he was approached to write a score for a film about a concert pianist writing a piano concerto… With

The piano music of Robert Schumann isn’t just challenging for the hands, it is a real workout for the mind and heart as well. Technical challenges aside, Schumann’s music is full of nuanced emotional expressions, often requiring the pianist to

For the past hundred years, classical music lovers have gotten to know the work of the great pianists through their recordings. Today we’re looking at the final recordings that six great pianists made. In some cases, these recordings were made

After looking at the background of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the Goldberg in the hands and sounds of other instruments. Let’s continue with the ensemble versions. The Goldberg Variations, published by Bach in 1741, is beloved by musicians. Those

Joy and sorrow were everyday occurrences in the household of the Bach family. That was certainly true when it came to the son Ernestus Andreas Bach. The little boy was born premature and hardly lived long enough to be baptised

The third youngest of the prodigiously musical Kanneh-Mason family, 22-year-old Jeneba releases her debut album ‘Fantasie’ on the Sony Classical label on 7th March. From Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin and Alexander Scriabin to Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and William Grant