For his latest album, the pianist radically recontextualises Beethoven’s Opus 109 to dazzling, mind-expanding effect. Here, he explains his approach — to life, as well as music
Beethoven through new eyes, a jazz saxophonist with a rock bent, restless Rosalía and more
Olafsson’s account of Beethoven’s Op 109 is one of the most beautiful on record, the centrepiece of a recording that links the…
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Half a century on, composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass have become the grandees — but their influence will be felt at…
Neuroscientists and musicians are delving further into the human mind — their discoveries could be life-changing
Musicians describe the thrill and pressure of performing on museum-grade instruments, whose real power lies as much in their…
