On March 10th, the German pianist Igor Levit played Beethoven’s Third and Fifth Piano Concertos at the Elbphilharmonie, the hulking concert complex in Hamburg. It was his thirty-third birthday and, it ...
Mr. Biss is a concert pianist. “As a performer, one has a mission, like Coltrane, to take your solo out to talk to God.” That’s from Patti Smith, a great and uncategorizable artist, describing the ...
Teresa Marraco started taking piano lessons when she was five years old. The artist who now records as Antinoë couldn't reach the pedals yet, but she quickly discovered that she loved to play. Her ...
The "flash mob" Queen video has been viewed roughly 600 million times since being posted online in early September. Backing singers appear at windows around the Place de la Contrescarpe, a child ...
In February 2020, pianist Ludovic Zamor experienced a professional high when he was signed to Live Nation. Shortly after, though, the pandemic left him siting at home like millions of other Americans.
It may have involved “just 16 minutes of screen time”, but Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal of Hannibal Lecter in the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs” was “one of the great performances”, said Ed Potton ...
Bashar al-Assad’s long, brutal reign ended swiftly, but he and his close circle have had a soft landing in Russia. By Erika SolomonChristiaan TriebertHaley Willis and Ahmad Mhidi A Times investigation ...