Pianists are measured against one another by how they handle benchmark compositions. For instance, with their rigor and accessibility, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations helped bestow master ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Fans of J.S. Bach’s so-called Goldberg Variations should check out the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival’s ...

Chinese pianist Lang Lang went from being just one more fresh-faced and precocious teenaged phenomenon twenty years ago with his debut recording on Telarc, Lang Lang (2001), featuring the heady ...

In the decades since Glenn Gould’s revolutionary 1955 recording, Bach’s Goldberg Variations have gone from an esoteric object of specialist interest to a ubiquitous rite of passage. Pianists today ...

"A musical mystery. Sir Edward Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' have confounded music scholars and music fans since its premiere. Elgar tells us that the theme is never actually played during the piece. So ...

What makes Bach's Goldberg Variations tick? Pianist Jeremy Denk has a few ideas. From the comfort of his living room piano, he reveals how Bach's musical DNA — a simple strand of bass notes — is ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This is the official album art for Frog’s “1000 Variations On the Same Song.” Loser music isn’t ...

In his elegant drama, "33 Variations," playwright Moises Kaufman leads audiences on an exploration into the hearts and minds of two passionate beings who, though separated by centuries, share an ...

The Amarillo Little Theatre is presenting "33 Variations," a poignant and intellectually engaging play by Moisés Kaufman, that delves into the mysteries of Beethoven's legendary Diabelli Variations.

In 1983, a young concert pianist named Diana Dabby took a break from practicing for a solo piano concert and found herself absorbed by a journal she stumbled on in the library at Lincoln Center in New ...