Apr 8th, 2007 · Praised for the fluidity he brings to Chopin, Chinese pianist Yundi Li is getting rave reviews for his latest interpretation of Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. He joined the National Symphony Orchestra this week for three performances of the concerto.
Oct 20th, 2006 · Gabriela Montero gives Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 a new twist.
Aug 14th, 2006 · Pianist Martha Argerich runs a music festival in Switzerland that brings in seven different orchestras over a span of two weeks. She played a concerto in the final concert this year, just a few weeks ago. It's Haydn's lively Piano Concerto No. 6, with the Swiss-Italian Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.
Jul 7th, 2006 · Performance Today's "Great American Orchestra Week" wraps up in Ohio, with a performance by the Cleveland Orchestra. Music director Franz Welser-Most welcomes guest pianist Leif Ove Andsnes in a performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, in concert in Cleveland's Severance Hall.
Jan 24th, 2006 · From Salzburg, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 14 with the Vienna Philharmonic. And pianist Mitsuko Uchida joins NPR's Fred Child in Salzburg to discuss the unusual slow movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 18 in F Major, K. 533.