In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...

André Watts, a classical pianist who was catapulted to fame at 16 by his performances under the baton of Leonard Bernstein, and who sustained his celebrity for more than half a century with his ...

What did BroadwayWorld's critic think of THE MAINLY MOZART ALL-STA FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at Epstein Family Amphitheater? Read ...

The baroque period spanned the 17th and 18th centuries headed by composers like Bach and Vivaldi. ... a modern musical rebirth and reimagining of classical music. Beyond Piano and Strings ...

The 2023 Newport Classical Music Festival will present twenty-six concerts this summer between July 4-23, 2023, bringing timeless music for today to Newport's stunning historic mansions and venues ...

The Piano Man University of Oregon ... Avendaño won the annual international competition performing a piece by romantic-era French composer Gabriel Fauré and then bent the rules, ... Developed in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new take on Wynton Marsalis’s “Blues Symphony,” a piano cycle by Gregory Spears and Rosa Feola’s solo debut are among the highlights ...

For This Classical Piano Star, ... which starts with a new suite from the “Pride and Prejudice” soundtrack and continues with works from the Baroque period through the 20th century.

On this episode of Crescent Classical, listeners will hear Zhu's performance of Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24.. Program notes and photos provided by MASNO. Many thanks ...

But, as the slow movement of his Op. 26 Piano Sonata shows, thoughts of expressing a kind of Romantic heroism in his music were in his mind as early as 1800. The Sonata's immediate inspiration was ...

The fortepiano is smaller than a classical piano. It has 61 keys as opposed to the 88 keys on a Steinway. A concert piano weighs over 1,000 pounds, while a fortepiano weighs roughly 200, allowing ...

So we chose classical pieces to pair with every era KCUR ... Not only does Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 14 have the fanciful title “Moonlight Sonata,” it exhibits a moody and mesmerizing ...