What ties a program together? A theme is seldom anything as obvious as Works I Happen to Have Practiced Recently or Pieces in C Major. Last Friday at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall, pianist Peter ...
“I know the odds are astronomical,” David Serkin told lottery officials Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. Getty David Serkin, a cancer survivor, has reportedly won the ...
Rudolf Serkin, piano (Sony Classical, 3-CD set). Serkin was exceptionally finicky when it came to passing approval on his studio recordings, which explains why all nine of these Beethoven sonata ...
At the remove of two centuries and more, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of the fact that Beethoven's music was considered thorny, difficult stuff in its day. Tuesday's recital by pianist Peter ...
Peter Serkin, a pianist who navigated a distinctive course through classical music with thoughtful interpretations of both standard repertoire and bracing new compositions, died Saturday morning at ...
SPRINGFIELD – One of the world's most acclaimed pianists performed an intimate evening of classical music at a benefit concert on Thursday. Appearing before more than 100 music lovers at Robyn ...
BRATTLEBORO -- On Saturday, renowned pianist Peter Serkin returns to Brattleboro to perform an 8 p.m. benefit concert for the Brattleboro Music Center at Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St.
Hearing Peter Serkin give a sublime piano recital Monday night, I couldn’t help but wish he were running for president. Not that he would get many votes. He cultivates next to no charisma. His manner ...
In the 1960s, Rudolf Serkin, one the world’s most revered pianists, used to fret about his hippie son, Peter. There was little question that Peter Serkin, a piano prodigy, had the capacity to follow ...
The New York Times’s Culture editor has questions. Our chief classical music critic has answers. By Gilbert Cruz A 35-disc set of Peter Serkin’s remarkable recordings rekindles our critic’s memories ...
Peter Serkin, a pianist who navigated a distinctive course through classical music with thoughtful interpretations of both standard repertoire and bracing new compositions, died Saturday morning at ...