In a career that has spanned almost 30 years, Mitsuko Uchida (born 1948) has earned her title as one of the greatest classical pianists of the 20th century. She is most readily associated with her ability and recordings of Mozart's piano works and is a...

The word that comes to mind when watching the white-maned, 79-year-old conductor Colin Davis is _ youthful.One has only to close one's eyes to hear that this British musician with more than a half century of experience has reached the apex of his art _...

“Round fingers for Mozart, flat fingers for Chopin,” my piano teacher used to say. To a 10-year-old aspiring Rubinstein, these instructions made sense—at least as they helped me produce the different “atmospheres” (as my teacher put it) of Mozart’s mischievous piano sonatas and Chopin’s moody...

“Round fingers for Mozart, flat fingers for Chopin,” my piano teacher used to say. To a 10-year-old aspiring Rubinstein, these instructions made sense—at least as they helped me produce the different “atmospheres” (as my teacher put it) of Mozart’s mischievous piano sonatas and Chopin’s moody...

Last week, New York lost a great eccentric. Her name was Kazuko. You may well have encountered her. Maybe you saw her at Barneys and wondered who she was. I’m talking about that tiny exotic Japanese lady—with her long hair, voluminous white layered frocks...