Arts May 11 In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz
Arts Jan 12 Watch A classical pianist on her genre’s ‘golden time’ — and Ray Charles “Music entered my life before I knew it,” says classical pianist Jeanne Stark. Stark grew up in Belgium during what she calls a “golden time” for classical music and was granted a scholarship by the queen herself, who recognized Stark’s… By PBS NewsHour
Arts Dec 06 Watch 6:37 The ‘white heat’ and vulnerability of improvisational jazz What is improvisational jazz all about? Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau agree that the answer is vulnerability. Their musical genre requires players to follow one another’s lead -- often letting another performer dictate the musical conversation. Jeffrey Brown… By PBS NewsHour
Arts Feb 16 How a composer turned 6 abandoned pianos into a unique concert Composer Nathan Felix was living in Los Angeles when he decided to write a piece for six pianos played at once. The catch? He doesn't play the piano. By KLRU
Arts Sep 25 Why the mentor-musician bond is so important for classical pianist Yuja Wang When Michael Tilson Thomas works with precocious young musicians, they generally show up with an entourage. But not Yuja Wang. By Abhi Singh, KQED
Dec 26 The musicians we listened to in 2014 By Victoria Fleischer Before we ring in 2015, we want to reflect on some of the great Art Beat stories from this past year. So who did we listen to in 2014?… Continue reading
Sep 05 Agnes Obel taps into the piano’s ‘dreamy nature’ By Victoria Fleischer Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel grew up surrounded by guitars, pianos, marimbas and double basses. Her father collected and sold instruments and her mother was a classical pianist, so perhaps music was in her blood. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch Pianist Jeremy Denk on "the ‘weirdnesses’ of great music" Pianist Jeremy Denk spoke to Jeffrey Brown before a recital at the Kennedy Center. Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Remembering Van Cliburn, 78, Classical Pianist Van Cliburn first gained worldwide attention when he won the first International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow at 23. Cliburn died at home at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer. In 2008, Jeffrey Brown profiled the… Continue watching