Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered by many to be the greatest composer ever. And his 27 piano concertos may be his finest work. But Mozart had a formula for the 27 and he used it over and over ...

JoAnn Falletta is known for amplifying American composers, and Adolphus Hailstork’s Piano Concerto No. 1 is a work she holds in the highest regard—calling it “...one of the greatest American piano ...

Sometimes old recipes, newly tweaked, can yield astonishing results. Consider the concerto: It might be a 400-year-old formula, calling for a soloist to perform with — and often battle against — an ...

Picture it: you’re at a concert enjoying the world premiere of one of Mozart’s piano concertos. The piano soloist, who happens to be Mozart himself, is dazzling you with superhuman virtuosity, and the ...

Pianist Maria João Pires long ago earned a reputation for eccentricity, withdrawing from public view for extended periods and at one point retreating to a farm in her native Portugal, whence she ...

THE BASICS: After a successful solo recital last year, pianist Alexander Malofeev returned to Buffalo to perform the popular Piano Concerto No. 3 by Sergei Prokofiev with JoAnn Falletta conducting the ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Jan Bartoš, Piano Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Petr Popelka, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 5, 'Emperor' Jan Bartoš, Piano Prague Radio Symphony ...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto irritated dedicatee Anton Rubinstein, the pianist and conductor who refused to premiere it as written. It made its 1875 debut not in Russia but Boston; ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Marc Soustrot, Conductor Malmö Symphony Orchestra Romain Descharmes, Piano Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Camille ...

The Summerville Orchestra is striking a powerful chord to begin its 22nd season, pairing community spirit with international artistry. On Sept. 26-27, the orchestra will present Rachmaninoff’s 2nd ...