In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are ...

4 Broadway 2025 in Review: A Look Back at the Season’s New Shows, Revivals, and Standouts Dancing with Glass celebrates the release of a new special edition “Philip Glass Piano Etudes” (Artisan Books, ...

The idea of late style in creative works has long fascinated critics. Commentators have noted that for many artists and thinkers — from Beethoven to Einstein — the most groundbreaking, innovative, and ...

Glass's piano Etudes are frequently performed and recorded in a way that isn't true to the score. It's time to return to what was actually written by the composer When, in 2019, I first got my hands ...

For some listeners, three hours of music by Philip Glass — at least the sound that springs to mind when they hear the words “Philip Glass” — is like one hour of regular music recycled for six hours.

I'm always drawn to musicians who take risks, those who try to erase traditional boundaries. So when the adventurous pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard came to the studio to play, I wasn't sure what would ...

These two piano etudes are both intellectually challenging and technically demanding. Both compositions are atonal. With a five-notes cluster in the left hand that reaches the lowest key and another ...

In the photograph album that accompanies Vanessa Wagner's interpretations of his piano "Etudes", Pascal Dusapin's apprehensions of the world are stricken with shadowplay, quizzical compositions ...

Watch this guy play Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude, but as a monstrously hard solo piano arrangement for left hand only. Arsha Kavani is an incredibly talented pianist, who probably has some level of ...

In 1994, Philip Glass wrote six seemingly ordinary piano etudes for conductor and pianist Dennis Russell Davies on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Glass also wrote them for himself. Etudes are ...