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Igor Levit: Resistance album review – essential listening in a time of bullies and despots

The German pianist performs these works by Beethoven and Schoenberg – linked by Napoleon – with his characteristic exquisite touch, in interpretations full of poetry

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26

Hallé/Wong review – MacMillan’s new symphony centres a great concert hall’s birthday celebrations

James MacMillan’s sixth symphony proved an intricate, intriguing and forward-looking work. It was well paired with Stephen Hough’s exuberant ‘Emperor’ piano concerto and a Liszt rarity

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25

In Weimar, a festival preserves Yiddish culture while reinventing it

Since its start, the festival has grown from a weekend workshop with a handful of participants to the largest festival of its kind in Europe, lasting more than a month, with daily workshops drawing hundreds of participants and near nightly concerts attended by over 10,000 people total, according to organizers

The Independent UK · Aug 13

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 · Sep 11, 2025

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 · Jul 31, 2025

Alfred Brendel obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

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 · Jun 17, 2025

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 · Jan 23, 2025

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 · Nov 18, 2024