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 ...

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 ...

In classical music circles, the question of who deserves to be called a true rising star is the topic of endless, mostly pointless debate. Nevertheless, if anybody deserves to be in the conver sation, ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the age of 16, Zeyu Victor Li was already wowing Columbia patrons of the university’s premier symphony orchestra. A Free Times reviewer wrote a glowing review of that 2013 concert – “Thrilling, ...

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 ...

Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, winner of this year's Gramophone Award for her disc of concertos by Bartók, Eötvös and Ligeti, is the polar opposite of James Ehnes in her new coupling of ...

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 ...

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