He will be the first of the finalists to conduct a Masterworks series concert, “Prokofiev and Beethoven,” which will be ...

Violinist Alexander Kerr performs Sergei Prokofiev's "Concerto No.1 in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19" with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, March 16, 2017. (Rex C. Curry/Special ...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Itzhak Perlman, violin; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor (Erato). Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E ...

The characteristic, broad, vaulted lyricism of the first concerto on this album, Prokofiev: Violin Concerto, No 2; Sonata for 2 Violins; Violin Sonata No 1, is hauntingly expressed by violinist Janine ...

Two new faces and some remarkable music: The Seattle Symphony offered inspiring performances in the first of two concerts led by conductor David Zinman. It seems odd to consider Zinman (who turns 80 ...

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director laureate will open the 2018-2019 classical season Friday, and Prokofiev’s “Violin Concerto No. 1” is item one on the menu. Of the Soviet composer’s two ...

Prokofiev’s music is often fierce, sardonic, epic or lyrical. But there’s very little in his catalog that boasts the sheer tragic intensity of his F-Minor Violin Sonata, which forms the opening ...

Although highly praised at the time of their initial release on RCA Victor, John Browning’s late 1960s recordings of the five Prokofiev piano concertos didn’t last long in the LP catalog. This ...

Gabriel Prokofiev's Violin Concerto makes its world premiere at the BBC Proms Gabriel Prokofiev, the grandson of the 20th Century composer Sergei Prokofiev, is presenting the world premiere of his new ...

This young Norwegian violinist is being marketed in a way that has become a cliché for female classical artists. In Frang’s case, the musical goods dwarf the alluring image. She proves an unusually ...

Gabriel Prokofiev, the grandson of the 20th Century composer Sergei Prokofiev, is presenting the world premiere of his new violin concerto at the BBC Proms. He tells the BBC his forebear's fame just ...