Watch: Wilhelm Kempff, 75, reimagines Mozart

Best known for his music for the German TV series “Schwarzwaldklinik”, the Austrian composer Hans Hammerschmid has died quietly at home. Originally a jazz pianist, he wrote and performed many songs with Hildegard Knef. He […]

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his last symphony with left hand alone. A heart attack in 1966, followed by several falls and fractures, left him heavily disabled. His solution was […]

The death has been announced of Albert Llanas Rich, a leading Catalan composer whose work was performed by international orchestras. Albert was 67. Sequences for Orchestra , which won the City of Barcelona Prize, is […]