The Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki, born on 23 March 1995 in Calgary, Canada, has built an international career since his early teens. Primarily recording for Deutsche Grammophon, he has shown an affinity with Chopin’s music from childhood. Feeling intimately connected

The German conductor, composer and pianist Wilhelm Taubert (1811–1891), born on 23 March 1811, was part of a Berlin circle of musicians that included Felix Mendelssohn, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and the singer and writer Eduard Devrient, the librettist of two of

Did you know that Johann Sebastian Bach actually has two birthdays? I think that’s just wonderful, as it gives us the opportunity to celebrate the music of the greatest of all composers twice. There is an explanation, of course. When

When Yunchan Lim became the youngest person ever to win a gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition at the age of 18, he instantly gained superstar status. His Rachmaninoff performance at the Cliburn received millions of views

Born in Tokyo on 18 March 1943, Nobuko Imai initially studied the violin but, after hearing Joseph de Pasquale at the Tanglewood Festival, she decided to take up the viola. Graduate studies brought her to Yale and Juilliard, and she

Christa Ludwig (1928-2021), born in Berlin on 16 March 1928, would establish herself as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Her voice had an extraordinarily beautiful timbre allied with highly refined musicianship, and she filled each of

Ten years ago, on 14 March 2016, one of the most significant figures of British postwar music, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016), died of leukaemia at the age of 81. His finest achievements “have a depth of symbolism and historical

Aristo Sham was the first Hong Kong—born pianist to win the gold medal and audience award at the 2025 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. His win was neither a surprise nor a surprise to him. “I just focus on my