On a rest day for the competition, Jed Distler looks back at some of the new music commissioned specifically for The Cliburn ...

Today’s Video of the Day is a performance of Japanese Canadian composer Keiko Devaux’s ‘Listening Underwater’ by Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) and conducted by Alexander Shelley.

The Venezuelan-Armenian conductor will take up the post in July 2026, following the retirement of James Conlon after 20 seasons ...

Today's Video of the Day is a performance of Jamie Powe's 'Surge' by Trinity College Director of Music Steven Grahl. This composition and filmed performance were commissioned as part of the Choir & ...

Philipp Lynov proved to be an undisputed master of Ravel’s domain, where technical hurdles simply didn’t exist' ...

Suffice it to say that Sham’s Scriabin Sonata No 10 was more structural than sexy, with the thematic and decorative ...

This week sees new albums from Anna Lapwood, the LPO with Edward Gardner, the BBC SSO and Alpesh Chauhan, plus previously ...

And his sweeping arpeggios in the C minor No 12 lacked majesty and flexibility, as if the pianist was chasing the metronome. But he parsed the ‘stride piano’ cross-rhythmic phrases of the A minor No 4 ...

A rest day in the competition gives Jed Distler time to reflect on Van Cliburn – American icon, cultural ambassador, and ...

Not since Alfred Cortot and, more recently, Francesca Libetta have I heard Saint-Säens served up with such boundless ...

Jonas Aumiller opened his recital with the best Bach-Busoni D major Organ Prelude and Fugue, BWV532, I’ve heard in concert since the salad days of Marc-André Hamelin and Sergio Fiorentino' ...

The Cliburn launches its brand-new partnership with Apple Music Classical and Apple-owned record label Platoon.