Liszt was not just a 'musician,' but a 'star' The 19th-century pianist, Franz Liszt, had fanatical fans who are comparable to ...

Long time no see. It's Mochi. On September 5, 2026, amidst a clear, sunny day that felt like summer, defying the heavy rain ...

With the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt coming up Oct. 22, now is a good time to reminisce about the great Liszt performances I've had the pleasure of hearing at WGBH. Liszt is still a ...

Sardanapalo to premiere in Germany after Cambridge academic translates and deciphers neglected sketchbook As soprano Joyce El-Khoury launches into a soaring F-major aria and the orchestra follows with ...

Clara Schumann, the wife of the great composer Robert Schumann, wrote in her diary on 25 May 1854: Liszt sent Robert today a sonata dedicated to him and several other things with a friendly letter to ...

Liszt, who had worked as a touring concert pianist since age 12, refashioned himself with intensified and longer hours of practice and emerged in rare fighting form, a Colossus of the keyboard. Then ...

Franz Liszt invented the whole concept of the pianist as star: a virtuoso who takes centre stage for an entire evening, playing in profile to a concentrated, adoring, enraptured audience. In fact, his ...

Lang Lang’s latest CD, one of many releases celebrating the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth on Oct. 22, 1811, is titled “Liszt, My Piano Hero.” Of course Liszt would be a hero of the ...

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The rakish composer is often considered vulgar – but this is precisely what makes him so irresistible Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: ...