Paganini & Wieniawski Violin Concertos (Mark Kaplan, violin; London Symphony Orchestra; Mitch Miller, cond.; Arabesque). It isn`t often that one encounters 19th-Century virtuoso pieces played with as ...
It’s surprising that Rudolf Koelman, despite a fine pedigree as a Heifetz pupil and his distinguished career including a spell as leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, gets second billing below ...
The boldface title in the BPO program said “Paganini’s Violin” and that was appropriate. Even though Antonin Dvorak’s oeuvre contributed two out of the three pieces on Friday night’s concert, his pair ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. In between these two non-Italians, we heard from Luciano Berio and the ...
British classical guitarist Nicola Hall took upon herself the daunting task of adapting Nicolo Paganini's Violin Concerto in B-minor for the guitar. Judging from the results, she was clearly up to the ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this year Yuja Wang delivered one of the high-profile dates of Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary year ...
As with their Avie coupling of the Second and Third Concertos (AV2192) last year, Simon Trpceski, Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO bring understanding and instinct to their performances, and take to heart ...
Mia Laity was inspired to play music when she was just two years old, after seeing a mariachi band performing in a supermarket. "The musicians wore big black hats and pretty vests, and I remember ...
In February 2023, at Walt Disney Hall, Classical piano superstar Yuja Wang joined forces with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a sold-out Rachmaninov marathon – all four piano ...
The Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, known for his extreme technical proficiency, has cited Paganini, Bach and Vivaldi as his main inspirations in his new autobiography. When it comes to rock ...