Rachmaninov Archive

Pianist Helene Grimaud was born in 1969 in 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 …

Unlike other other composers, Rachmaninoff did not publish his preludes in a single ordered set. He wrote the first Prelude in 1892 at age 19 as part of his Opus 3, Morceaux de fantaisie (“Fantasy …

In 1909, after the successful premiere of his Piano Concerto #2, Sergei Rachmaninoff launched his first concert tour of the United States. The journey was undertaken much against his will. Three months of almost daily …

Mikhail Pletnev is an artist who cannot be classified in one word. He is one of the greatest pianists of our time, and he is also a conductor and composer. Born in Archangel, Russia in …

This morning I listened some more to music provided by the Digital site of the Berlin Philharmonic. They have a treasure chest of past concerts that they made available to the public during the “Shelter …