The music of the late Danish composer Carl Nielsen is of special interest for conductor Thomas Dausgaard, a fellow Dane; the conductor’s piano teacher was a student of Nielsen. Today Dausgaard leads ...

For Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, death never took a holiday. Just consider the titles of his music: Funerals, Thoughts on Death, Dante Sonata, the "Dante" Symphony and, when the Wilmington Symphony ...

It takes a certain knack to play major works by Beethoven and Liszt without a touch of drama, yet pianist Russell Sherman accomplished just that in a wearying recital Sunday afternoon in Orchestra ...

Considered by many to be the most outstanding young conductor today, James Gaffigan is Chief Conductor of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Radio ...

In this episode of DW Festival Concert, all the music is somehow tied to Prometheus, be they pieces by Beethoven, Liszt, or Alexander Scriabin's "Poem of fire." A rebel and a trickster, the Greek ...

'All in all, this is a memorable Hammerklavier: mature, thoughtful and beautifully controlled' Beethoven Piano Sonata No 29 in B flat, ‘Hammerklavier’, Op 106. An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 (arr Liszt, ...

Anyone meeting pianist Yuja Wang for the first time could easily take her for any one of the bright, vivacious 20-year-olds who inhabit the nation's college campuses and shopping malls. It's an ...