In the world of music, Franz Liszt was something of a Renaissance man. A virtuoso pianist, composer, conductor, teacher, and transcriber, he contributed prolifically to the solo piano repertoire, and ...

The classical pianist, who turns 200 today, changed the art of performance forever with his over-the-top concerts, creating a craze that... Illustration of Franz Liszt. The Hungarian composer and ...

The women who screamed and swooned for the 19th Century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt set the pattern for fans in our own time – from The Beatles to Justin Bieber. The spectacle of young women shrieking, ...

For pianist Sunwoo Yekwon, Franz Liszt was once a composer of empty virtuosity -- all flash and little substance. But with ...

Tomorrow is the 200th birthday of composer and pianist Franz Liszt. Morning Edition's music commentator Miles Hoffman thinks there are plenty of reasons to celebrate. "This is a man who lived an ...

PARIS.- With a growth of more than 4 percent to 13,000 visitors in 6 days, the 26th Salon du Dessin proved to be a great success.

Lang Lang’s latest CD, one of many releases celebrating the 200th anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth on Oct. 22, 1811, is titled “Liszt, My Piano Hero.” Of course Liszt would be a hero of the ...

Sardanapalo to premiere in Germany after Cambridge academic translates and deciphers neglected sketchbook As soprano Joyce El-Khoury launches into a soaring F-major aria and the orchestra follows with ...

Almost everyone admits that Franz Liszt was one of the giant figures of 19th-century music. And almost everyone despises him. Why? A story from the high point of Liszt’s fame will explain. In 1844, ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The first 12 days of January on BBC Radio 3 are going to feature Mozart, back-to-back. If the programmers were braver, they would ...