After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. Just imagine ...

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Watch Emmanuel Ax and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra perform Beethoven's Piano Concertos 3 and 4 at the Sydney Opera House. Beethoven composed his 3rd and 4th Piano Concertos between 1800 and 1806 – a ...

These recordings, dating from 1956 57, show Leon Fleisher already at the height of his powers, long before the onset of the debilitating illness that curtailed his dazzling career. One of the few ...

Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...

Multitalented pianist, conductor and former Israel Philharmonic double-bass player Lahav Shani was just 29 when it was announced in the autumn of 2018 that he had been chosen to succeed his longtime ...

St Petersburg-born and London-based, Sudbin brings delicacy and crystalline articulation to these concertos, creating a sense of classical grace rather than romantic scale. This is not barnstorming ...

Under the guidance of famed American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a rousing performance of Ludwig van ...

The ASO's Beethoven Piano concerto series continues with Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. Opening the night is the vivacious La Clemenza de Tito: Overture by Mozart. Immediately thereafter you will ...