Beethoven composed several concertos during his teens – the piano score of a complete concerto in E flat dating from 1784 is the only one to have survived. But it is the five piano concertos he wrote ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

The two concertos were the first works of significance composed by Chopin after graduation. Both clearly refer to the form and convention of concertos created in the brillant style, the style of piano ...

Kristian Bezuidenhout and Pablo Heras-Casado make these concertos sing in readings that feel both freewheeling and profound Hopefully you are not sick of Beethoven yet in his 250th anniversary year, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Among the few events salvaged from Beethoven’s 250th anniversary last year was this cycle of the piano ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Look no further for the events marking the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich’s death. As Gewandhauskapellmeister ...

As an occasional pianist, a much-loved entertainment is a trip to the concert hall in Dublin to hear a top performer in action with an orchestra. Recently in Earlsfort Terrace, Finghin Collins, ...

Rachmaninoff began composing music at a very young age, around the age of 12. At 17, he began writing his 1st Concerto. The concerto was received by the public well enough, but never got to the levels ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Featuring a selection of your favourite concertos of all time. Take a breath and enjoy your favourite ...

Get ready to be mesmerised at Kolkata’s majestic Durbar Hall at Victoria Memorial, as Alliance Française du Bengale and Victoria Memorial Hall bring you ‘Mozart & Beethoven: Famous Piano Concertos’.