Vincenzo Bellini‘s final opera I Puritani is a daunting challenge, no matter which opera house attempts it. It is nearly impossible to assemble a cast of principals that is up to the task. The Royal Opera House, for the first

This aptly-named new release from Russian-born pianist Nikolay Medvedev brings together the music of George Gershwin and Nikolai Kapustin – two diverse pianist-composers who share the influence of jazz in their work – while also highlighting the virtuosity of Earl

Pianist Rikke Sandberg talks about her Triple Album Carl Nielsen “The Ultimate solo piano collection” Danish pianist Rikke Sandberg recently released a recording of Carl Nielsen‘s complete piano works, a project that has occupied her for more than two years

Iceland’s music scene is thriving with such outstanding Icelandic artists as pianist Vikingur Ólafsson, who has appeared worldwide. Pianist Ólafsson sings on the instrument. https://www.vikingurolafsson.com/videos Composers Jón Leifs, Haflidi Hallgrimsson, Anna Thorvaldsdottir and others are making their mark in Iceland

Anne-Sophie Mutter and her long-time partners, the Berliner Barock Solisten, brought an unmistakably individualistic, “Mutter-stamped” program to the Elbphilharmonie. Juxtaposing Mozart‘s classical poise with contemporary works by André Previn and Aftab Darvishi, the evening promised an engaging dialogue between past

The new recording by pianist Bruce Levingston, The Elastic Heart of Youth, takes its title from a quotation from Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer: ‘The elastic heart of youth cannot be compressed into one constrained shape long at a time’. He’s

Under the brilliant early summer sun, Lüneburg gleams in a striking palette of blue skies, waterways, and Gothic brick architecture, providing an idyllic backdrop for the final chapters of Pygmalion’s ambitious project, Die Wege Bachs. In a profound gesture of

The harpsichord is an instrument of proud, historical contradictions. When treated with theatrical flair, its plucked metal strings can evoke an entire lost world of Baroque opulence; when starved of imagination, however, it risks transforming the concert hall into a