pianist Archive

Natalia Trull began studying piano in her native St. Petersburg, Russia. Her performance career was launched when she won first prize at the Belgrade International Piano Competition in 1983. However, the biggest success came in …

Martha Argerich is 80 years young today. She has brought us so much enjoyment! Many happy Returns…

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 …

The brilliant Spanish-born pianist, Alicia de Larrocha, studied piano with Frank Marshall at his Academia Marshall, and music theory with Riccardo Lamote de Grignon. She made her first public appearance with a solo recital at …

Vanessa Benelli Mosell began her comprehensive musical studies at the age of three. At seven years old she was admitted at the International Piano Academy in Imola, giving her orchestral debut as soloist at the …