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Sergey Rachmaninov artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music

Concerts

Leonard Slatkin leads the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Spring for Music festival at Carnegie Hall.

May 13, 2013 Leonard Slatkin leads music by Ravel and Rachmaninov, composers who straddled the 20th century.

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Nikolai Lugansky carries on the tradition of the grand Russian pianist.

July 13, 2011 Hear an outstanding Russian pianist play Chopin and rarely heard Rachmaninov in recital.

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August 19, 2008 Hear the final and bittersweet U.S. performance by the chamber ensemble, after a 53-year run.

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August 25, 2005 Filipino pianist Cecile Licad chats with host Fred Child on stage at the La Jolla SummerFest.

Studio Sessions

Pianist Alessio Bax has a passion for Bach and Rachmaninoff.

November 10, 2011 From delicate Bach to thundering Rachmaninoff, hear the young pianist perform in the APM studio.

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November 5, 2008 Pianists aged 12 to 16 perform at the International Institute for Young Musicians in Lawrence, Kan.

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July 30, 2008 From Kahului, Hawaii, this week's gifted young musicians play music by Bizet and Khachaturian.

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January 16, 2008 Teen musicians in Atlanta prove their talent both as soloists and orchestral players.

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September 11, 2006 Pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel play movements by Rachmaninoff and Brahms.

Interviews & Profiles

Lisa Smirnova studied Handel's suites for five years before recording them.

February 12, 2012 NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Erich Kunzel

September 1, 2009 Hear the exuberant conductor lead his Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in music by Strauss and Copland.

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August 25, 2005 Filipino pianist Cecile Licad chats with host Fred Child on stage at the La Jolla SummerFest.

Discover Songs

Violinist Janine Jansen

December 4, 2009 This year's crop was strong for Russians, as well as a young generation of masterful musicians.

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November 25, 2005 Working with musical leftovers is a tradition for composers as great as Beethoven and Brahms.

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News

Around the Classical Internet.

April 29, 2011 Classical music news from points all over, from Philadelphia to Johannesburg to London.

American pianist Earl Wild performs at his 90th birthday recital at Carnegie Hall.

January 27, 2010 The acclaimed American pianist and composer died Saturday after an eight-decade career. He was 94.

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Erich Kunzel

September 1, 2009 Hear the exuberant conductor lead his Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in music by Strauss and Copland.

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April 5, 2005 The Library of Congress officially recognizes Nirvana and Public Enemy.

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Reviews

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June 23, 2009 Pianist Steven Osborne opts for innocence over opulence in his new CD of Rachmaninov preludes.

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More Stories

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April 15, 2005 A predictable yet wondrous event has begun around the country: the American dogwood is in bloom.

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Van Cliburn in concert in 1993.

March 4, 2013 Van Cliburn competition winners remember the great pianist, who died last month at age 78.

Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, with its lush slow movement, is a favorite of conductor Marin Alsop.

March 15, 2011 Conductor Marin Alsop has a secret musical pleasure, but she's not guilty about it.

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