Guests enjoyed a flashback to the Prohibition era, when speakeasies thrived and Cole Porter’s music served as the soundtrack ...

The piano, as we know it, dates back hundreds of years.The instrument was key in many seminal compositions, from the classical era to modern times. Pianists have learned to play exquisite pieces ...

Expansive symphonies, virtuosic piano music, dramatic operas ... and Verdi – to name but a few! The Romantic era is known for its intense energy and passion. The rigid forms of classical music gave ...

The harpsichord was replaced with the fortepiano, the precursor to today’s modern piano. In the video below ... to musical structure in the classical period was the coda. A coda is the final ...

88 keys, 88 shades of musical bliss: described as the ‘king of instruments’ by Franz Liszt, the piano enchants with its sonic prowess and possibilities. It occupies a special place in the classical ...

The Classical period extends from about 1750 to about 1810 ... Naomi then explores the difference between the harpsichord and the piano and explains how the number of instruments available to ...

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. Haydn wrote 107 symphonies in total, as well as 83 string quartets, ...

The San Diego Symphony concert on Saturday, January 18, featured Mozart and early Beethoven. Under normal circumstances, I’d consider this to be an underwhelming offering. Not anymore.

Hosted every three years, the International Piano Competition has launched the careers of countless pianists, many of whom have gone on to further their careers in the classical music world.