When I was a student at the Paris Conservatoire, I started by learning this piece, not Brahms’s First Concerto. Many people were more attracted initially to the latter, maybe because it has a ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: ‘Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel ...

World-renowned pianist Christopher Taylor will perform Brahms' Second Piano Concerto at Overture Hall this weekend after ...

BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons leads French pianist Helene Grimaud in Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 (Marco Borggreve)2.jpg Boston Symphony Orchestra Music Director Andris Nelsons leads French pianist ...

Since the recent death of Alicia de Larrocha, Joaquín Achúcarro is probably the pre-eminent living Spanish pianist. He's also a significant presence in Dallas, with an endowed professorship at ...

Last April the notorious volcanic ash cloud prevented Boris Berezovsky travelling to Dublin for a performance of Brahms's Second Piano Concerto with the NSO, and Finghin Collins stepped ably into the ...

The young American pianist Nicholas Angelich was born to play Brahms, and he has been wise to capitalise on the fact. All his Virgin Classics discs so far have been of Brahms’s music, be it works for ...

“It brings some comfort at least that there is a pattern in one’s life that despite challenges … you know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You know that challenges make you stronger, ...

When Anita King looked for a way to cap her 33-year career as a Willamette University music professor, she thought big. Bigger than a party. Bigger than a billboard. Bigger than a month in Europe. She ...

The Brahms Piano Concertos are two of the largest and most demanding in the repertoire. This season they will be played on consecutive weeks by Denis Kozhukhin. Richard Bratby tells the story of their ...

Although it was love at first sight when Jon Nakamatsu came into contact with a piano at age 4, it wasn’t until he was 30 that he became a full-time concert pianist. The journey was a bit long, but he ...