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Rachmaninov was one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known, and the music he wrote for the instrument is passionate, sensual and thrilling. His Second Piano Concerto was life-changing, ...

You may recognise ‘All By Myself’ from a Rachmaninov concerto – but the great piano work also gave rise to another iconic pop song, recorded by two of the biggest names in music. Rachmaninov sparked ...

Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 has a reputation. It’s one of the most demanding works ever written for piano because it's relentless in its intensity. Stewart Goodyear is a phenomenal pianist who ...

The Pittsburgh Symphony’s exploration of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s music for piano and orchestra this season has done more than present great pieces. It has also provided the opportunity for audiences to ...

How did Sergei Rachmaninov snag a songwriting credit for a pop ballad written decades after his death? The answer lies in his enduringly popular Piano Concerto No.2... The late American ...

Before Montreal-born conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin introduced classical pianist Bruce Liu to the Gerald R. Ford Amphiteater stage Thursday night in Vail, he told the audience, “One shining light has ...

Leif Ove Andsnes’s latest album, featuring the third and fourth Piano Concertos of Sergei Rachmaninov completes Andsnes’s cycle of the Rachmaninov concertos, which he began in 2005. Known primarily as ...

Ninety years ago this week, a friendly smile from a Duluthian walking down Superior Street might have been met by the famous scowl of the 20th century's greatest composer-pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

For the sixth volume in their absorbing survey of Russian piano trios for Naxos, the Moscow-based Brahms Trio sink us into Russian gloom with Rachmaninov’s two Trios élégiaques. They are both early ...