Often patronised and dismissed in its early years, Bartók’s last piano concerto has since become a staple of the repertoire.

Rhapsody Béla Bartók, Composer Budapest Festival Orchestra Iván Fischer, Conductor Zoltán Kocsis, Piano Scherzo, 'Burlesque' Béla Bartók, Composer Budapest Festival Orchestra Zoltán Kocsis, Piano Iván ...

Béla Bartók was a superb pianist and his first and last compositions in life were both for the instrument: a waltz he wrote at age 9, and his Piano Concerto No. 3 as he was dying in New York City as a ...

To accompany a concert performance of a seldom-performed piano concerto by Bela Bartok, NPR's Fred Child tells the story of the music's inception in the summer of 1945. Zoltan Kocsis is the pianist, ...

I wish the Detroit Symphony Orchestra played more music by Bela Bartok, the Hungarian master whose incomparable masterpieces rank with the most formally imaginative and emotionally fulfilling scores ...

A reluctant revolutionary who tried to adapt the natural rhythms and phrasing of ancient Hungarian folksongs to mainstream classical music, or a subversive reactionary who all but brought the Western ...

Linton Stephens brings you an afternoon of exclusive music-making, including a week-long focus on Leipzig, a pivotal centre in Western classical music. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra perform Lili ...

Bartók faces a big decision: stay in Hungary or leave forever?

Banjo wizard Béla Fleck has crafted a fascinating career from infiltration. He's embedded his instrument in musical zones from jazz to classical to West African music. Now he's written himself a ...

The 26 September 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the death of the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, one of the most important composers of the 20th century, who became famous not only for his ...