A pianist widely admired by his fellow artists, Radu Lupu was known for his interpretations of Brahms, Schubert, Mozart and Beethoven, among others. Lupu retired from performing in 2019.
Over the course of the pandemic many of us have taken up (and often dropped...) new hobbies to past the time. But Brigitte Xie has taken it to a whole new level.
If he succeeds, it would be the first piano made in his country — and the first made in Africa since 1989. Skeptics wonder if it's an impossible mission.
Was Sunday's episode in Beijing a challenge to France's Emmanuel Macron? A jab at China's piano-tuning skills? Or just Putin passing the time with a little Soviet-era nostalgia?
The term "tiger mother" became synonymous with strict Asian parenting, after the controversial book, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," hit shelves. In the book, a Yale professor describes how she raises her Asian-American children by threatening "no lunch, no dinner" if they didn't play the piano perfectly.
He's played for presidents at the White House, but you can catch him most nights for free at the Bellagio. Pianist David Osborne talks about his years tickling the ivories for celebrities and politicians alike, getting past Secret Service, what Dick Cheney whispered to him, and why former President Jimmy Carter wants him to play at his funeral.
Chih-Long Hu's mother is a piano teacher, and he's been playing piano longer than he can remember. Even in kindergarten, he was the 5-year-old accompanying the class on the piano.
He's played for presidents at the White House, but you can catch him most nights for free at the Bellagio. Pianist David Osborne talks about his years tickling the ivories for celebrities and politicians alike, getting past Secret Service, what Dick Cheney whispered to him, and why former President Jimmy Carter wants him to play at his funeral.
