Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Nelson Freire, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Riccardo Chailly, Conductor Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Sonata for Piano No. 32 Nelson Freire, ...

In 2000 the Chinese-born Yundi Li, as he then was, became the youngest winner since Maurizio Pollini of the International Chopin Competition. He has had a somewhat mixed career on record and this ...

In 1960, an 18-year-old Italian pianist, the youngest contestant, won the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw. “That boy,” the revered pianist Arthur ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

The pianist’s severe, analytical style engages with two of the most challenging works in the repertoire to produce a disc of compelling, muscular authority It took Maurizio Pollini more than 30 years ...

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pianist Maurizio Pollini performs at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2001. (Robert Mecea / Associated Press) In 1960, an 18-year-old ...