pianist Archive

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 accepted into …

By  the  time  Yuja  Wang graduated  from  the Curtis  Institute in  2008,  she  had  already  gained  momentum following  the  spectacular  success  of  her  debut  three  years  earlier  with  the  National  Arts Center  Orchestra  in  Ottawa. …

Today, for the first time, I listened to pianist Jan Lisiecki. I was amazed at the range of emotion and passion that this pianist was capable of eliciting from the instrument. Jan Lisiecki was born …

Few pianists have provoked greater awe and controversy than Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli: awe through his crystalline perfection, controversy through interpretations that ranged from the chilly to the sublime. At his greatest, the results were unforgettable …

The Russian pianist, Grigory Sokolov, began studying the piano at the age of five and at seven he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. He gave his first major recital in Moscow at the age of 12, …