On his latest album Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works for Sony Classical, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes unveils the often-forgotten side of the famed virtuoso Franz Liszt - the sacred music ...

China's pianist Zuo Zhang (Zee Zee) releases her second solo album Journey. Photo: Courtesy of Zuo Zhang Chinese pianist Zuo Zhang has recently shared her composing experience and her future ideas ...

'As much a prayer as it is music, embodying a timeless message of compassion and transcendence' Via Crucis, S53. Six Consolations, S172. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S173 – No 8, Miserere, ...

Liszt and Beethoven - Two Soul Mates. Marcela Fiorillo. Wesley Music Centre, 20 National Circuit, Forrest. Saturday, June 16, 7pm. Tickets: $30-$45. marcelafiorillo ...

Stephen Hough’s latest CD has obviously been issued to tie-in with the Liszt bicentenary celebrations. But it’s actually Hough’s performance of the Grieg concerto (which Liszt famously read at sight ...

From Liszt to Scriabin, here are ten of the most fiendishly difficult pieces of piano music. Sensible musicians: avoid at all costs. Looking for piano pieces that will make your fingers get stuck in a ...

Associate Professor Piano Division, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Dreamy, slow-moving and gentle, the D flat Consolation is far from our accepted picture of Liszt, which is ...

Liszt was a slow starter as an orchestral composer until he settled in Weimar, when he made up for lost time with 12 symphonic poems, two symphonies and two piano concertos. While Liszt’s small amount ...