THE TRUTH ABOUT: Chopin - Caught on Camera

Himari: Debut album review – teenage prodigy’s playing has depth and feeling

The programme feels a little safe but the 15-year-old Japanese violinist impresses in her debut recording of works by Wieniawski, Chopin, Godowsky and Sibelius

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

“If you’re going to become one of the immortals, a god, then you have to die. That’s the tragedy”: The epic story of the unsung genius behind The Doors

Jim Morrison grabbed the headlines, but Ray Manzarek brought depth, musicality and menace to The Doors

Louder · Jul 18

Young artists bring passion in new performance series

The Royal Bangkok Symphony Music School (RBSS) is steadily expanding its contribution to Bangkok's cultural life. Beyond nurturing the next generation of musicians, it has created Sounds On Wireless, a music performance series that brings together performance, education and audience engagement in equal measure.

Bangkok Post · Jul 10

The twilight zone: Nocturnes, from piano to perfume and Russia to Richter

The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31

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 · Mar 30

Elisabeth Leonskaja review – piano legend’s unerring sense of architecture reveals connections and kinships

In her recital programme of Beethoven, Schoenberg, Chopin, Webern and Schubert, the Austrian pianist brought new insights and expected delights

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

Tamás Vásáry obituary

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18

Eric Lu: Schubert Impromptus album review – mature and mesmerising

In this recording of the eight Impromptus, some of Schubert’s most profound music, Lu cements his place as a serious talent

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

Radu Lupu: The Unreleased Recordings album review – treasures from the vaults are a wonderful surprise

This six-disc collection to mark the late pianist’s 80th birthday is full of treats and includes rare ventures into Chopin and Copland, along with Lupu’s legendary rendition of Bartók at Leeds in 1969

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2025

Pavel Kolesnikov review – he is a virtuosic sculptor in sound

A beautifully controlled programme of Chopin, Rameau, and the latter’s long-forgotten contemporary Duphly, showcased the pianist’s unerring sense of line

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025