Pierre-Laurent Aimard is one of the most adventurous and versatile pianists on today's concert scene.
Throughout history, the advice of leading pianists has led to many important improvements to the instrument.
Lang was preceded on the bill by two other pianists, Leon Fleisher and Alicia de Larrocha.
He is, as one critic put it, one of the world's indisputably great pianists.
In 1894, Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein, Russian composer and one of the 19th century's great pianists, died.
Simply put, the talented, from concert pianists to energy entrepreneurs to transportation visionaries, are beginning to shrug.
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Though pianists can be formidably accomplished, a certain musical and personal dimension often seems to be missing.
He was known as a great wit, though sometimes at the expense of unfortunate strippers or lounge pianists.
All critics agree about an abundance of fine pianists in jazz these days.
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Onstage, there are two Steinways, and in the wings wait two elegant pianists.
Pianists have made records virtually throughout the century: all the greatest virtuosos have left a legacy of their achievements.
For many pianists and listeners, Chopin is a central figure in the repertoire.
Many of his recordings are things of rare beauty, and his example stood as an inspiration to countless young pianists.
He brings all of his experience as one of the most intellectually rigorous pianists and brilliant music historians alive today.
But The Lancet medical journal reports that German doctors have successfully tested a new treatment on three pianists and two guitarists.
The result can be a kind of soulless, percentage piano, the spirit of which may afflict even the most renowned pianists.
In 2010 it was the turn of the pianists and oboists, while in 2011 singers and string quartets are in the spotlight.
She helped coach pianists John Hicks and Mulgrew Miller, bassists Buster Williams and Dave Holland, and drummers Jack DeJohnette and Lewis Nash.
When I attend in 2010, the programme boasts, among others, cellist Pieter Wispelwey, violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianists Shai Wosner and Kathryn Stott.
Created in 1962 by a group of Fort Worth teachers and citizens, it remains among the top showcases for the world's best pianists.
Jazz critics praised his adventurous approach and fresh style, while noting the influences of pianists such as McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett.
Cliburn, considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, performed for every U.S. president since Harry Truman, according to his official biography.
His instrumental take is a highlight of his new album, New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, which salutes the great pianists of the past.
The technical demands of Schumann's works are understood by all pianists.
But he also looks like he could take a piano in a fair fight, as opposed to all those pianists who seem dwarfed by the instrument.
Thielemans, Meurkens and Maret, is that Adler was an American who specialized in the European classical repertoire (his signature performance of "Clair de Lune" embarrassed most pianists).
Jazz bassist Drew Gress has a deep tone and a deep knowledge of harmony, which makes him a good foil for lyrical pianists like Fred Hersch.
To stop French players defecting to foreign clubs, where they can earn more, the government has decided that football players should be treated like supermodels or concert pianists.
Visiting jazz pianists there, such as Barry Harris, became mentors.
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Most pianists who come to our studios for live radio performances will ask for an hour or more to warm up and acclimate themselves to the piano and the room.
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