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RARE PHOTOS: Liszt - The Real Truth

Alim Beisembayev review – intimacy and conviction in programme of Romanticism

Moving from Schubert through Chopin to Liszt, the young pianist brought deep interpretative insights

The Guardian - UK

Tamara Stefanovich review – inspired and insightful programme celebrates Kurtág at 100

The pianist’s recital was a masterful essay in sound where the Hungarian composer’s short piano works were woven into and out of Debussy, Liszt and Bach

The Guardian - UK

Tamás Vásáry obituary

Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt

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The Kanneh-Masons: River of Music album review – a fond familial affair

Welsh folk songs and an original composition sit alongside Liszt, Chopin, Handel and Elgar in a misty-eyed first half, before a more monochrome performance of Schubert’s Trout Quintet

The Guardian - UK

The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals album review – a joyful reminder of the richness of Claudio Arrau

Three recitals given by the Chilean pianist in the 70s and 80s are a feast of lucid and emphatic playing that hasn’t dated in the slightest

The Guardian - UK

Alfred Brendel obituary

One of the greatest pianists of his generation who bestrode the musical world for six decades

The Guardian - UK

Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings

As the musical world mourns the celebrated pianist, we assess his wide recording legacy and pick the 12 best, from Russian rarities to quickfire Beethoven

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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94

Widely regarded as the ‘musicians’ musician’ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethoven’s piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years

The Guardian - UK

Mariam Batsashvili review – star pianist takes Romantics to another level without frills

The Georgian musician was at her compelling best in Brahms and Liszt in a recital that showcased intensity, flair and poise

The Guardian - UK

From the salon and the scarf dance … to silence: the music of Cécile Chaminade

Her work was played at Queen Victoria’s funeral, and her compositions celebrated all over the world – but today she is barely known. Stephen Hough on why he is putting Chaminade in his current season

The Guardian - UK

Béla Bartók: pioneering Hungarian composer who fused folk melodies with classical music

Considered one of the great composers of the 20th century, the deeply expressive Béla Bartók synthesised elements of folk music of Hungarian and related cultures into classical forms, producing a style that was both individual and influential.

The Conversation

Is this 20-year-old the greatest pianist of our times? Yunchan Lim, the Korean about to electrify the Proms

His dazzling playing brought a conductor to tears and sent him viral – and he’s still being looked after by his mum. As he prepares to make his Proms debut, we meet the ‘unbelievable talent’

The Guardian - UK

Fantasia: Works by Bach, Liszt, Berg and Busoni album review – Igor Levit reaches his final destination

Busoni’s hugely challenging Fantasia contrappuntistica is the climax of this two-cd set featuring works that balance musical freedom and formal rigour

The Guardian - UK

Pianist André Watts dies at age 77 of prostate cancer

Pianist André Watts, whose televised debut with the New York Philharmonic as a 16-year-old in 1963 launched an international career of more than a half-century, has died

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Emanuel Ax review – quicksilver agility and a model of good musical sense

A recital devoted to Schubert and Liszt perfectly showcased this outstanding pianist’s unfussy approach

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Hough review – a master pianist who lines up with the greats

Playing his own Partita alongside Debussy, Scriabin, Mompou and Liszt, the artist showed himself equal to any technical demand

The Guardian - UK

Prom 35: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä review – breathtaking Yuja Wang reveals new depths to Liszt

The pianist gave a virtuosic but exquisitely controlled account of Liszt’s flamboyant First Piano Concerto, on a stunning night at the Proms that also featured exceptional playing of Sibelius and Strauss

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Alim Beisembayev review – mature and intelligent playing from a future piano star

With a programme of Haydn, Beethoven and Liszt, the Kazakhstan-born winner of last year’s Leeds Piano Competition confirmed that he is a musician to watch

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The week in classical: The Wreckers; Kirill Gerstein

Ethel Smyth’s long-neglected maelstrom of an opera is worth a plunge; and pianist Kirill Gerstein is on peak form in Liszt

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