Pianists are measured against one another by how they handle benchmark compositions. For instance, with their rigor and accessibility, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations helped bestow master ...

Professional percussionists Katalin La Favre and Brian Calhoon have created an innovative way to perform Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.” They’re using two vibraphones, a refurbished antique glockenspiel ...

Professor Christoph Wolff, today's top Bach answer man, helps kick off a week of Goldberg explorations. Bach's Enduring Enigma: An Introduction To The 'Goldberg Variations' All week, we're exploring ...

Virtuoso pianist Lang Lang has conquered many musical mountains, but now he takes on what he considers his Mount Everest: Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Unable to perform for live audiences during the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. The celebrated pianist Lang Lang has realized a lifelong dream ...

, Atlanta, 2009. Concert grand double manual; range, FF-g'''. Hand painted oil lid. Purchased 2011. Performed by Trevor Pinnock, Academy of Ancient Music, The Red Priest. Gilmson, whose four-day ...

Northampton, MA – The Smith College Department of Music presents a special concert of Bach’s Goldberg Variations by pianist Monica Jakuc Leverett in celebration of her 80 th birthday on Sunday, ...

Bach, Goldberg Variations ‘LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL’, on February 6, 2026. The concert was recorded on April 25, 2025, at ...

Last year a campaign was designed to raise funds for a unique experiment: Create a completely free to the public, new score and recording of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations. The plan was ...

Chinese pianist Lang Lang went from being just one more fresh-faced and precocious teenaged phenomenon twenty years ago with his debut recording on Telarc, Lang Lang (2001), featuring the heady ...