Sokolov in Rehearsal
Pianist Grigory Sokolov, began studying the piano at the age of five. At the age of seven he entered the Leningrad Conservatory to study with Leah Zelikhman, where he later studied with Moisey Khalfin. He …
Bach Archive
Helene Grimaud Plays the Bach/Busoni Chaconne
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Chaconne as a section of one of his solo violin sonatas. It is a beautiful work, and it is full of great challenges to be performed by a violin alone …
Siebe Henstra Plays Bach’s Well-tempered Clavier
Johann Sebastian Bach composed a set of 24 exercises (German, Uebungen) for his students. For me, these are some of the most amazing sounds creatively assembled by their composer. In particular, the very first one …
Grigory Sokolov Plays Bach’s Partita #1
Grigory Sokolov was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on 18 April 1950. He started to play piano at the age of five and, two years later, began studies with Liya Zelikhman at the Central …
Maria Joao Pires Plays Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach may have been the first to write harpsichord concertos, and even those concertos are more rewritten than written. With only two likely exceptions (including the Fifth Brandenburg), his 15 concertos for harpsichord …