Though he has often felt discriminated against in the U.S., the Chinese-born pianist believes music is the path to self-betterment.
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Concert Review: Steve Sandberg Trio (Livestream – January 30, 2021)
The pianist melds classical, jazz, and world music in his World Classical Music Project concerts.
Read More »Music Review: Lara St. John and Matt Herskowitz – ‘Key of A’ (Violin Sonatas by Beethoven and Franck)
Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz's new album is the gold standard of classical music albums: It lets you hear familiar music by the great composers as you've never heard it before.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Lucas Debargue Plays Scarlatti, Ravel, Medtner, Liszt (Brooklyn, 22 Jan 2020)
The pianist brought magnificent artistry to his performance of music by Scarlatti and from the Romantic era.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Ching-Yun Hu, Presented by GetClassical in School (NYC, 19 Nov 2019)
Pianist Ching-Yun Hu performed a kick-off concert for GetClassical in School, a new program that classical music concert artists into NYC schools.
Read More »Music Review: Lucas Debargue – ‘Scarlatti: 52 Sonatas’
DeBargue brings out a stunning array of emotions and effects in 52 astoundingly inventive and ahead-of-their-time sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Alon Goldstein (NYC, 22 Oct. 2019)
The fiery pianist performed Scarlatti, Janacek, Debussy, Ginastera, and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata at BPAC.
Read More »Music Review: On Clara Schumann’s 200th, Lara Downes Plays the Schumanns and More on CD and in Concert
More than a fine pianist, Lara Downes is a cultural curator of top rank, illuminating the tradition of female composers from Clara Schumann to today.
Read More »Music Video Premiere: Reuel, EDM/Classical Crossover Pianist, with ‘Für Elise’ as You’ve Never Heard It
Reuel is a virtuoso pianist and classical-crossover and EDM artist whose most recent album leads off with a radical reimagining of the Beethoven favorite 'Für Elise.'
Read More »Concert Review: Alexander Sitkovetsky and Wu Qian – ‘When Tchaikovsky Met Brahms’ (NYC, 6 March 2019)
Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky and pianist Wu Qian gave sumptuous performances of music by Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Grieg at Columbia University's Italian Academy.
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