Franz Liszt at a social gathering in 1885 or ’86 graciously agrees to perform Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata: “He had only played the opening triplets, however, when I felt as if the room no longer ...

Halloween is about a week away, so starting today and continuing through October 31, Beautiful Music will feature some scary classical tunes! Today's Beautiful Music is a concert performance of ...

On it, Charlotte explores Hungarian composer and virtuoso pianist Franz Liszt's chameleonic and evolving approach to composing – the metamorphosis of his music spanning from his early works inspired ...

On his latest album Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works for Sony Classical, Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes unveils the often-forgotten side of the famed virtuoso Franz Liszt - the sacred music ...

Beniko Hirosawa-Bates and her son strolled along the cobblestone streets of Hungary, exploring the same roads that 19th-century pianist and composer Franz Liszt walked 150 years prior. The fourth-year ...

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In the days of Strauss waltzes and the musical “grand manner.” every aspiring pianist wanted to be apprenticed to the grey-maned old thunderer, Franz Liszt. Not all of them made it ; one who did was a ...

In honor of the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birthday, which officially falls on Saturday, the Library of Congress is hosting a Franz Liszt Bicentenary Project. Canadian pianist Louis Lortie ...

Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt wrote incredibly difficult music, music that only he was capable of playing. Tomorrow is the 200th birthday of composer and pianist Franz Liszt. Morning ...