As Gigashvili anticipates a busy 2025 - he embarks on a tour of America, Asia and Europe in January, and he'll soon begin ...

13 string quartets and nine piano sonatas, he was increasingly sidelined by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Shostakovich. A late work, completed a year before Myaskovsky’s death ...

He had the best teachers, including Glière, Liadov and Rimsky-Korsakov, and Anna Essipova – who had been married to one of the greatest piano teachers of the 19th century, Theodor Leschetizky – taught ...

His recordings of the complete sonatas of Prokofiev was awarded the "Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Academie du Disque" in France in 1996. International Piano Quarterly recommended his Moussorgsky’s ...

And so we were treated to an encore: Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 7, final movement. It was, as expected, a sensational performance, but it’s also, like the piano concerto, a rather percussive piece.

Frederic Rzewski '58's Sonata for Violin and Piano ... Ziskin showed a definite flair for idiomatic piano virtuosity, but drew too heavily on Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.

Tom McKinney with Rachmaninov's Paganini Rhapsody, specially recorded in Paris, and Poulenc's Clarinet Sonata, performed ... of Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev.

They pair Prokofiev’s Cello Sonata with Franck’s Sonata in A major, originally written for violin but adapted by the composer for cello. Throughout this week on Classical Live we focus on ...

Includes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No.1 and Prokofiev's Flute Sonata—highlights from the recent 'Michael McHale and Friends' festival at the Portico of Ards. Elsewhere, Tom continues a week-long ...