Word: pianos
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DIED. SVIATOSLAV RICHTER, 82, Russia's incomparable piano-poet; in Moscow. Virtually self-taught until age 21, Richter treated the piano like a soul mate, listening for the romance of Schumann or the fury of Beethoven. Perhaps he could not match Horowitz's brilliance or Rubinstein's panache, but showmanship was never paramount to him. "I don't consider the public," he told TIME. "My only interest is my approaching encounter with the composer...
Friends also spoke of Lucker's love of music. She sang and played the piano and had served on the Board of Directors of John Oliver Choral and was a member of the Follen Church Choir...
...Coming hard after the slaying of rival rap star Tupac Shakur, who had been feuding with Bad Boy, the killing sparked speculation that the two incidents could be linked. Now Combs, 26, has re-emerged with his first solo album, No Way Out. It's an uneven work--the piano-driven Do You Know? flashes with brilliance, the dour Young G's slogs in gangsterism--but it has already generated two No. 1 singles. In his music studios in New York City, Combs talked with music critic Christopher John Farley...
After she left a teaching job in public schools in 1975, Wells began giving free music classes to children, instructing thousands of youngsters. Financed by raffles and donations, the cultural center she opened in the city in 1996 offers piano and organ lessons for kids and adults. "This is not a black program. This is not a white program," insists Wells, who has played the piano since she was five. "It's for people...
After hearing a piece played by scores of soloists from myriad eras and traditions, it's rare that a performer can tell you something new. But so it was with Christian Zacharias, whose performance of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto highlighted an otherwise lackluster afternoon at Tanglewood Sunday. Zacharias gave such a spirited reading of the concerto's finale that the audience rose almost immediately with the last chord...