Bogányi writes on the piano’s promotional website that he is following in the footsteps of the great Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt, who worked with 19 th-century piano manufactures to ...

Part of How To Classical. Why does the oboe tune the orchestra? Why does the orchestra sit the way it does? What does rosin actually do to a violin bow? If you find the traditions of the classical ...

Adolphus Hailstork is one of America’s most respected living composers. He once said he wanted his First Piano Concerto to show the piano as both a “singing instrument” and a “percussive engine.” Hear ...

88 keys, 88 shades of musical bliss: described as the ‘king of instruments’ by Franz Liszt, the piano enchants with its sonic prowess and possibilities. It occupies a special place in the classical ...

Since the 1840s, when the saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax, the wind instrument named after him has become a key component of jazz groups ranging from big bands to small combos. It was also a ...

If the greatness of music is in its triple play of emotions, ideas, and sonic pleasure, the Austrian pianist Paul Badura-Skoda, who died last week, at the age of ninety-one, holds a justified place in ...

They're the ones keeping classical cool. A cadre of performers under 40 are doing their best to keep instruments such as the violin, piano and cello front and center in music lover's minds. Artists ...

I started playing piano when I was 5 years old. My piano teacher was a quiet man at the local church. On Sundays, he would accompany the choir, and throughout the week he would see student after ...

Paul Smith is the co-artistic director of the group Blush Opera, which sometimes produces concerts and events featuring toy pianos. A child’s toy may seem like an unlikely candidate for the classical ...