Having just celebrated her seventeenth birthday, Laura began playing piano at three and composing at seven. At ten, her first composition won awards in Toronto and Milan. She has since released two albums and created dozens of piano and organ

Just think of any Hungarian musician or composer you know. Chances are pianist Dénes Várjon has worked on their music or with them. The list includes, but is not limited to, Zoltán Kodály, Sándor Végh, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Ferenc

“As soon as I could negotiate a keyboard, I gained an affinity for Sergei Rachmaninoff’s piano music,” pianist Ian Hobson recalls. “It gave me a richness, authority and suavity that I couldn’t quite yet extract from Mozart and Chopin.” That

Before her sold-out Mozart Concerto concert, Elisabeth Leonskaja strolled across the street to greet the autumnal sun and my earnest questions. Astonishingly, she recalled not only the masterclass students she taught months earlier at the Oxford Piano Festival, but also

For two musicians who have spent so much time in the recording studio, you’d be forgiven if you’ve never actually heard any of their own material. I’m not talking about some grand creative block or obsessive perfectionism hindering their output

Canadian composer and songwriter Bonnie Milne’s new single Glimpses grows out of memories that are both ordinary and strongly personal: watching her sons play outside as children, joyful gatherings with her parents, the taste of her mother’s baking, and walks holding her

The UK-based Doric String Quartet has big plans for the 2027 Beethoven Year. They will bring Beethoven’s string quartets across Europe, including the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The third volume of their Beethoven album is out this September. In the past,

“For years, Dostoevsky’s quote has inspired me every day: beauty will save the world.” Camille Thomas, the vivacious Franco-Belgian star cellist, affirmed this belief in our interview. Admittedly, I often feel ashamed as a journalist for asking far too many