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Piotr Anderszewski review – raw and astonishing, Beethoven is transformed

The Polish pianist is an understated presence but in his hands, a programme that also included Bach, Webern and Szymanowski, was muscular and full of ferocious energy amid meticulous playing

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023

The longer you look, the darker it gets: reassessing Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss

Is the woman unconscious? Could the man’s embrace be violent? A new film invites us to challenge our preconceptions about the gilded masterpiece

The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023

LPO/Canellakis review – poetic Beethoven and a clear, if careful, take on Shostakovich’s wartorn masterpiece

Karina Canellakis gave the Soviet-era symphony an eerie resonance, while soloist Jonathan Biss was at his poetic best in Beethoven’s second piano concerto

The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2023

‘The rockets didn’t stop us’: Odesa violinist gears up for symbolic concert

Kyrylo Markiv, whose instrument was nearly destroyed in Russian attack, to perform in Berlin to mark Independence Day

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

Tony Visconti says he doesn’t admire any modern producers because they’re making “bullshit records with loops”

“Everything’s sampled,” he says. “I think old-school production with a band is the only way to make great records”

MusicRadar · Aug 18, 2023

Prom 39 at the Royal Albert Hall: Budapest Festival Orchestra put on a night of surprises and spontaneity

The programme of Ligeti, Bartók and Beethoven included a virtuoso performance by soprano Anna-Lena Elbert

Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2023

‘The human stories behind the music we love’: Radio 3’s Composer of the Week turns 80

As the BBC programme celebrates a milestone, Donald Macleod – in the presenter’s chair for almost 25 years – reflects on its storytelling power and shares his own tales of Hollywood and handstands

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2023

So close you can see his scallops: behold Yngwie Malmsteen’s chops in greater detail than ever before with this astonishing multi-cam footage of Far Beyond the Sun

The exclusive performance heralds the launch of MaestroClass, a new 10-song lesson series with TrueFire

Guitar World · Jul 30, 2023

Mao Fujita review – fresh and elegant Mozart from young Japanese star

In the first of five recitals of Mozart piano works the 24-year-old pianist found proportion and purpose to music that clearly means a great deal to him

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2023

Ingrid Haebler obituary

Quintessentially Viennese pianist who brought delicacy and charm to her performances of Mozart and Schubert

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023