Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Not since Lili Kraus more than half a century ago has a pianist tackled Mozart’s 18 piano sonatas with such insight, ...

Mozart poses formidable challenges for modern pianists. Late 18th-century Viennese pianos resemble our contemporary instruments only on the most basic mechanical level. The way the hammers are ...

Sony Classical is delighted to release an advance preview track from the eagerly anticipated debut album by the extraordinarily gifted young Japanese pianist, Mao Fujita. Having signed an exclusive ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. Erik Satie's 3 Gymnopédies are spread across the ...

Robert Silverman (call him "Bob") just doesn't let up. Currently, he is performing the entire Beethoven piano sonatas at both the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver as part of the "Music on Main" series, as ...

With this double album of the first seven canonic sonatas, Angela Hewitt extends her foray into Mozart begun in 2011 with three discs of piano concertos (11/11, 6/13, 9/14). Her approach to the ...

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Born on January 27 1756 in Salzburg, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart would go on to be one of the most-loved classical composers of all time. His operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas went on to shape ...

He “blew everyone away” – schoolbag-adorned young pianist effortlessly plays a virtuosic sonata at London’s King’s Cross station. Last week, a group of children from Hull journeyed south on a ‘London ...

Lots of pianists give Mozart's piano sonatas the kid gloves treatment. They want to respect the lighter tonal character of the instruments of Mozart's time and avoid projecting Beethovenian ...