Jean-Yves Thibaudet’s concert at Symphony Center showed off his light touch, his technical wizardry and the time he has spent ...

Had Monet not used the word "impression" in the title of his painting of a sunrise in 1872, the art critic Louis Leroy would have probably not come up with it by himself for the review of the ...

Composer Stephen McNeff was born in Belfast, then grew up in south Wales. His Irishness has become increasingly important to ...

The pianist was Daniel Beliavsky PhD. Based in New York, Mr. Beliavsky is associate professor and chair of the fine art and ...

So much music, so little time. Last spring, Thomas Heuser asked Shelley Mann if she would consider a solo recital in the 2025 ...

Debussy was among the most influential of all the 20th century’s composers. His lyrical gift, idiosyncratic harmonies, colours and rhythms, his preference for suggestion rather than direct statement, ...

In his straightforward approach, Thibaudet adopted swift tempos and largely avoided undo lingering. At times one wanted more ...

Certain creators and re-creators become synonymous. Beethoven and Schnabel, Chopin and Rubinstein at once spring to mind. Yet in the entire history of performance I doubt whether there has ever ...

The second book of Debussy's Préludes was published in 1913. It shows continuation in the development of harmonic freedom and thus ever more tenuous tonal relations. Brouillards depicts fog's ...