PITTSFIELD — With his newest music-theater piece, “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar,” 56-year-old pianist-actor-playwright Hershey Felder takes a twist on a formula that has served him extremely well in a ...

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5) Rachmaninoff held a close personal and professional relationship with Russian pianist Vladimir Horowitz, forged during a visit to Steinway Hall in 1928. Listen to Horowitz perform Rachmaninoff ...

The latest episode of ‘Now Hear This’ focuses on the great composer, who fled the 1917 revolution in his own country and reinvented himself as a concert pianist in the U.S.

Actually, Rachmaninoff borrowed or actually stole the theme from Paganini. This is a violin piece. It goes like this. This is the theme. ♪♪ And that's where it ends, usually.

This is the world of Rachmaninoff and the Tsar, the newest musical play written and acted by Hershey Felder, now playing at the New Vic. Directed by Trevor Hay and presented by Ensemble Theatre ...

“Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” is the fourth production of ETC’s 2024-25 season. Having safely left Russia during the 1917 revolution, legendary pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff made his ...

“Rachmaninoff and the Tsar,” written and performed by Felder, directed by Trevor Hay, makes its Northern California debut at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley from Friday through Feb. 9.

As guests savored the tasty meal, they discussed the just-played program of works by Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and others, including Gershwin (Three Preludes), which was transcribed by American ...

Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C-sharp minor,” Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini are some of his most memorable compositions, but the play delves into the events in his ...

Liu rounds out the album with Tchaikovsky's Romance, Op. 5, while a deluxe edition of the album contains five extra tracks, including transcriptions by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Earl Wild.