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Songs in the key of Nero

It may be hard to believe there was a time when George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” now a durable fixture of the American and international concert repertory, was thought of as suspect — an unclassifiable mix of concert music and jazz whose popularity seemed offensive to highbrow audiences.

András Schiff talks family, war and humanity

The acclaimed Hungarian-born pianist András Schiff, a part-time London resident who was knighted last year, returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 18 for a recital of late works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.

Technique, sensitivity the keys to pianist Bronfman’s success

When Yefim Bronfman performs Brahms\’ Second Piano Concerto with conductor Lionel Bringuier and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on July 31, he will be tackling what is known as a real \”finger buster,\” a term used for a work that is awkwardly conceived for a pianist\’s hands or physically demanding. The Brahms concerto is both.

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