Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto is considered one of the most technically challenging works ever composed for the instrument. For virtuosic pianist Garrick Ohlsson, it had been a long-time friend.

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Oct. 8—Russian American pianist Olga Kern boasts familial connections with both Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. The Albuquerque favorite (a regular here, she usually sells out) will perform a concerto ...

The European Studies Council at the MacMillan Center presented a concert featuring Russian pianist and composer Vyacheslav Gryaznov on Saturday, Nov. 10. The performance, organized by senior lecturer ...

Using an Ampico piano scroll, Scott Yoo watches Rachmaninoff play his “Prelude on C# Minor.” This is an Ampico Recording, Preludes C-sharp Minor by Rachmaninoff, played by the composer. Played by the ...

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Among Sergei Rachmaninoff's grandest musical expressions are his piano concertos, because he conceived them for himself as the soloist. We take you to a concert in Frankfurt to hear Rachmaninoff's ...

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Two days after the announcement that in a full 43 months, or approximately 1,300 days, Gustavo Dudamel will become music director of the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s music ...

Lise de la Salle will perform five Rachmaninoff concertos in concert, including the Third. “It’s definitely one of the most challenging pieces ever,” she said. Courtesy photo In her first trip to ...

The first sounds I heard after arriving at Philip Glass’ townhouse in Manhattan’s then-bohemian East Village to interview the composer in 1993 were extraordinary. Glass happened to be in his kitchen ...