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
Feb 24 Watch Conversation: Jazz Musician Jason Moran Jeffrey Brown talks to jazz musician Jason Moran. Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch Conversastion: Pianist Jonathan Biss Jeffrey Brown talks to pianist Jonathan Biss. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Piano Virtuoso Fleisher on Overcoming Disability That Nearly Silenced Career In the 1960s, piano virtuoso Leon Fleisher lost the use of his right hand due to a condition called focal dystonia, but he focused on teaching and continued to play pieces designed for one-handed pianists. Jeffrey Brown and Fleisher discuss… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Extended Interview: Leon Fleisher More of Jeffrey Brown's conversation with pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher. Continue watching
Dec 09 Wednesday on the NewsHour: Pianist Richard Glazier Is ‘Crazy for’ Gershwin By Arts Desk Movie musicals led a young Richard Glazier to the piano, first for classical training and then to develop a devotion to the music of a golden period of American songs, particularly the George and Ira Gershwin. Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch Pianist Glazier’s Love for Gershwin is Here to Stay Pianist Richard Glazier speaks with Jeffrey Brown about his adoration for the music of George and Ira Gershwin. Continue watching
Oct 28 Ben Folds Turns Orchestras Into Rock Bands By Arts Desk While it might not appear to be the case, Ben Folds concedes he wasn't entirely comfortable playing the piano in front of an orchestra at first. That's because growing up in North Carolina, playing percussion in orchestras, he never dreamed… Continue reading