Ten Landmarks in Keyboard Virtuosity
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Ten times composers re-imagined what was possible on the piano.
Hear the World’s Oldest Piano at The Met Museum
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
When Bartolomeo Cristofori built the first piano, he didn’t intend to create an entirely new instrument.
Is This the Hardest Job in New York City? Meet a Pro Piano Mover
Monday, June 11, 2018
It’s easy to find out how to move a piano, but what makes you decide to do it for a living? Piano mover William Browne shares how he got into the game.
Celebrate a Different Side of Strauss
Monday, June 11, 2018
Celebrate Richard Strauss's birthday with a movement of his early Piano Quartet!
Essential Piano Recordings
Monday, June 11, 2018
With so many remarkable piano albums out there, it can be hard to know where to begin. That's why we did the legwork for you! Here are our favorites.
High-Key Weird: 10 Pianists' Awkward Attempts to Show Off Their Hands
Monday, June 11, 2018
What do pianists do in front of a camera when they don't have a piano?
Roads Not Taken: 12 Pianists Tell Us What Else They Might Have Been
Friday, June 08, 2018
In their own words, here is what some of today’s greatest living pianists might have been if they had never touched those 88 keys.
!['Autograph Musical Manuscript Initialed ('J.C.'), ink on translucent paper 430 x 278 mm, n.p., [after 1958], being page 6 from the piano part of Concert for Piano and Orchestra, particularly fine.'](https://media.wnyc.org/i/100/100/c/80/1/cage-autograph.jpg "'Autograph Musical Manuscript Initialed ('J.C.'), ink on translucent paper 430 x 278 mm, n.p., [after 1958], being page 6 from the piano part of Concert for Piano and Orchestra, particularly fine.'")
Beethoven and Cage Autographs Go Up for Auction
Friday, June 08, 2018
The auction house is selling autographed leaves from both Beethoven and John Cage.
Admire the Belcea Quartet’s Masterful Performance of an Urgent, Tense Shostakovich Piece
Thursday, June 07, 2018
The Quartet teamed up with Polish Pianist Piotr Anderszewski for a recording of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet.
12 Pianists Choose The Piece of a Lifetime
Thursday, June 07, 2018
What if today’s great pianists could play one piece – and only one piece – for the rest of their lives? What would they choose, and why? Here’s what they told us.
A New View of a George Szell Rehearsal
Thursday, June 07, 2018
A 1966 documentary tracks conductor George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra, and includes this moment rehearsing Beethoven’s Fifth.
Meet WQXR’s New Creative Director, Clemency Burton-Hill
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
We sat down with Clemmie to discuss her new role at the station.
Ifetayo Ali-Landing Performs an Exquisite ‘Song of the Black Swan’
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
The 15-year old cellist has had quite a year, including appearances on ‘From the Top’ and ‘Chicago Tonight.’
Eduardo Hubert Teams Up With Martha Argerich for Piazzolla’s "Oblivion"
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
The two Argentine pianists join forces to perform Hubert’s two-piano arrangement of Piazzolla’s recognizable tango.
Why We Love Martha Argerich — In One Performance
Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Watch this video to see an amazing artist at work.
Glide Through Your Week with Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott’s Performance of ‘The Swan’
Monday, June 04, 2018
The pianist and cellist partnered up for an album, and recorded one of Saint-Saëns’s best-known works.
A Gorgeous Monteverdi in a Stunningly Beautiful Monastery
Friday, June 01, 2018
Watch Collegium Vocale Gent perform an excerpt from Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ in a scenic Tuscan monastery.
Leonard Bernstein Introduces a Teenage André Watts
Thursday, May 31, 2018
During a New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert in 1963, Leonard Bernstein showcased a number of young talents — including a 16-year-old André Watts.
Must-See Classical Concerts This June
Thursday, May 31, 2018
In this first month of summer, classical events that are happening in parks all around New York.
Listen to 13-Year-Old Violinist Clara Shen Play Pieces Old and New
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Clara Shen stepped into the 2018 Menuhin Competition ready to play a number of pieces — from a 1720 Bach to a 2018 Choi.
