'But Beautiful'
A life with Billie Holiday
By Lara Downes
Equal Opportunity
A pianist insinuates classical music into The Big Easy.
By Ben Finane
Kung Fu and the Art of Pianism
Andreas Haefliger finds a freer connection to the keyboard.
By Jens F. Laurson
Looking Forward
Fred Hersch wasn't ready to quit.
By Clifford S. Tinder
Burning It to the ground — Don Airey
Don Airey on the Steinway Sound, finding space, piano vs. organ, the legacy of deep purple, and life beyond the band
By Ben Finane
Bach in Russian Winter
Wherein Glenn Gould makes a convincing argument
By Lara St. John
A Moveable Feast
Delivering food for the soul at Music Kitchen
By Laura Smith
Visionary Traditionalist
The time is ripe for a fuller appreciation of Ferruccio Busoni.
By Rebecca Schmid
Music Appreciation
Jeffrey Siegel illuminates the solo piano repertoire via keyboard conversations.
By Ben Finane
Transcending Identity
A young German-Japanese pianist has America in her sights.
By Brian Wise
Conrad Tao: Leaving the Comfort Zone
Adventurous as a pianist and composer, Conrad Tao is reshaping the image of the piano virtuoso for the twenty-first century.
By Thomas May
A Levitating Career — Igor Levit
Igor Levit is one of the most striking pianists to emerge in a recently crowded field.
By Thomas May
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Yes, Why Not? — Lalo Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin, a composer for all seasons, at eighty-five
By Ben Finane
No Fixed Ideas — Mitsuko Uchida
Mitsuko Uchida discusses Schumann as weirdo, tempo as translation, the difficulty of Mozart and the transcendence of late Schubert.
By Ben Finane
A Life, Improvised — Joachim Kühn
Joachim Kühn on his foray into visual art — and his love of Ornette Coleman, J.S. Bach, and African rhythm.
By Ben Finane
Launched — Kirill Gerstein
Kirill Gerstein pursues classical with an improvisatory flair.
By Brian Wise
With the Piano Tuner
Baseball may have won out, but the piano abides.
By Fay Vincent
Going Home — Joyce Yang
A simple question leads to a simple answer.
By Joyce Yang
Prized Pianist — Rafal Blechacz
Catching up with the upwardly mobile Rafal Blechacz
By Ben Finane
Classical Mania
They were rock stars a hundred years before Rock 'n' Roll.
By Robert Loerzel