Composers Archive

Marked by its technical bravura, “Widmung” (or Dedication in English) has remained one of the most popular encore pieces in the piano literature, allowing pianists to display their virtuosity. However, Widmung is much more than …

Pianist Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in Aix-en-Provence, France, and she began her piano studies at the local conservatory with Jacqueline Courtin before going on to work with Pierre Barbizet in Marseille. She was …

There are times when I listen to music that moves me, I find that words are inadequate. Today is such a time. As such, all I want to do is to share with you how …

Beethoven held a particular fondness for the Piano Sonata in F-sharp major, regarding it as one of his finest compositions. He dedicated the work to his student, the Countess Thérèse von Brunswick, whom some scholars …

Rudolf Buchbinder was born on 1 December 1946 in Leitmeritz, a market town in Czechoslovakia. He made meteoric progress on his parents’ piano and, at the age of five, became the youngest student ever to …