In the 18th century keyboard instruments were evolving at a rapid rate. Since first appearing in the middle of the 16th century, the harpsichord - with its mechanically-plucked strings held at low ...

So, piano manufacturers designed new pianos with more keys, so that composers like Haydn and Mozart could write more challenging material for a fuller keyboard. By the time Romantic composers like ...

This was certainly true for 11-year-old Jude Nyame Yie Kofie, who recently captured hearts on a local Colorado news station ...

According to the blurb on the back cover of his Mozart sonata cycle, Fazıl Say aims to capture ... By contrast, the ‘easy’ K545 that all young piano students struggle over transpires normally ...

Jude is 11 years old and autistic and might just be the next Mozart. His talent caught the attention of a piano tuner who surprised him with an amazing gift - a grand piano. Footage captures large ...

A less refined piano from Mozart’s time covered five octaves with 61 keys. The keyboard was more compact, resulting in less volume. The piano underwent significant improvements in Ludwig van ...

Barenboim's performances of Beethoven's Sonatas became legendary and he was one of the first musicians in the modern era to revive the idea of performing Mozart’s piano concertos without a conductor, ...

Today, the portrait hangs in Mozart’s eight-room home into which his family moved in 1773. Eager tourists can admire the original piano with only 61 keys (instead of the usual 88). The maestro ...

You would hardly think that Mozart needs advocacy these days, but only four days before I wrote this review an opinionated record collector told me that his piano concertos are overrated and that his ...