Piano
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Arts
Best Classical Music Albums of 2023
Our favorites include premiere recordings of works by Thomas Adès and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, as well as portraits of Missy Mazzoli and Kaija Saariaho.
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A Piano With a Curved Keyboard Will Star at Carnegie Hall
The unusual piano, made in Belgium, will make its debut in Manhattan tonight. It’s more than a foot longer than a Steinway grand.
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Review: Ballet Theater Revisits Its Past With a Hit and Two Misses
Susan Jaffe presents her first New York season as American Ballet Theater’s leader, starting with a program of Alexei Ratmansky, Jiri Kylian and Harald Lander.
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Max Morath, Pianist Who Staged a One-Man Ragtime Revival, Dies at 96
A student of both music and history, he entertained audiences in the 1960s and beyond while educating them about a genre whose heyday had ended decades earlier.
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Menahem Pressler, Pianist Who Co-Founded the Beaux Arts Trio, Dies at 99
Mr. Pressler, who fled Nazi Germany as a youth, was the anchor of a group that, with various lineups, performed all over the world for 53 years.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-Winning Japanese Composer, Dies at 71
Mr. Sakamoto, whose work with Yellow Magic Orchestra influenced electronic music, composed scores for “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant.”
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He’s No Singer, but He’s Onstage at the Metropolitan Opera
Bryan Wagorn, a pianist, has an unusually visible presence in “Fedora,” and he plays a piano with a history.
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