Schnabel quipped, “My recitals are boring both before and after intermission.” What the great pianist meant was, he played serious pieces throughout his program, not offering crowd-pleasers at the end ...

PARIS — Had Helene Grimaud lived in the 19th century, Byron or Shelley might have immortalized her in verse. Striking and talented, she is an ideal Romantic heroine: a virtuoso pianist with piercing ...