High-level human integrity seems a given when great pianists essay epics: certainly true of Elisabeth Leonskaja and Imogen Cooper tackling respective sonata trilogies by Beethoven and Schubert, or ...

Shostakovich`s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, represents one of the fascinating if seldom performed landmarks of modern piano music. Patterned after J.S. Bach`s ”Well-Tempered Clavier,” the 1950-51 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick The pianist returned to Carnegie Hall with the first complete performance of the 24 Preludes and Fugues there. By Seth Colter Walls The ...

As a tribute to Shostakovich on the centenary of his birth this month, this program looks at his outstanding set of Preludes and Fugues Op. 87 from a musical perspective, focusing on their great ...

Some musical masterpieces transcend mere euphony to become a matter of life and death. Composed in 1950-51 by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), the 24 Preludes and Fugues, Opus 87 for piano represented ...

Yulianna Avdeeva was the winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2010 and her approach to Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues is notable for its expressive warmth. She is more limpid ...

In 1950, the prelude and fugue was an antique. But Dmitri Shostakovich revived it. In the spirit of Bach's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Shostakovich wrote two dozen of his own. Here's Olli Mustonen ...

Last Sunday afternoon, virtuoso Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov performed at Mandel Hall for an extraordinary performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes and Fugues. Melnikov is a graduate of ...

Stephen Johnson leads a workshop on the Preludes and Fugues of Bach and Shostakovich, recorded in Manchester earlier this year as part of the Royal Northern College of Music's mini-festival exploring ...

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote 24 Preludes and Fugues after watching Tatiana Nikolaeva perform Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier at the Bicentennial Bach Competition in 1950. Ms. Nikolaeva performs the Prelude ...

This work, modelled on Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, is forever associated with Tatiana Nikolayeva, the great Russian pianist for whom Shostakovich wrote it in 1951. So what does the 36-year-old ...