Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, b. Brescia, January 5, 1920 (d. Lugano, 1995)
Alfred Brendel, b Wizemberk, Cz, 5 January 1931
Maurizio Pollini, b Milano, 5 January 1942
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From the Times obituary of the sadly missed Laura Samuel: … During her first weeks studying violin at the Royal College of Music with Itzhak Rashkovsky she met the Romanian violinist Corina Belcea. Together they […]
The pianist has poublished this letter in the NY Times: NYTimes, April 25, 2025, Section A, Page 23 of the New York edition] To the Editor: Re “Rubio Eyes Big Cuts at State Dept., Affecting […]
A weekly review from our critic-in-residence, Alastair Macaulay: The tenor Ian Bostridge is sixty, but sounds much younger. On Sunday 6 July, he and the master Schubertian pianist Steven Osborne gave a recital of Schubert’s […]
