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Sir András Schiff is giving a masterclass at the Royal College of Music at 3pm this afternoon and if you can't get along  to hear it, y...

Sir András Schiff went to Buckingham Palace today and was officially knighted by the Prince of Wales. Gratulalok! 

This was the moment on 21 December when Andras Schiff was presented with the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society at the Wigmore ...

  Bonn is roughly the size of Cardiff in terms of population (about 350,000). Yet the musical riches within this pleasant and manageabl...

OK, it's not much to do with Schubert, the trip tomorrow. It's the Beethovenfest in Bonn and Andras will be playing a programme of...

 "HEY, YOU! TURN ON THE BLOODY HEATING!" My gosh, but it was cold in the Royal Albert Hall on Monday. The Bach-loving faithfu...

If there's a holy grail for pianists, it is probably Beethoven's 'Hammerklavier' Sonata, Op.106. Those performing the Final ...

Fairly perturbed by London reactions to Andras'/Backhaus's Bechstein - the upper register "cold", "colourless" -...

How I wish that that title were metaphoric, but for once, dear readers, it isn't. There I am in the foyer of one of those beautiful ho...

Here's my review for The Independent of two rather amazing concerts in the Lucerne Easter Festival. Plus some snaps. (And more soon...)...

The response to my interview with Sir Colin Davis has been fascinating to say the least. Those who have written/tweeted/blogged about it (s...

First of all, I'm delighted to announce that I have "a new gig", contributing to The Spectator Arts Blog. My first piece is o...

"I thought I'd end up in the steelworks in Port Talbot for the rest of my life," says Sir Anthony Hopkins. Is he the most open...

I just found Ivan Fischer's video blog on the Budapest Festival Orchestra's website. Here he talks about the future of the symphony...

Andras Schiff tells me that following my interview with him in the JC about the rising tide of racism in Hungary, he has been on the receiv...

He's a great artist and a brave man... Given the content of this interview, in which he does not mince his words one bit, I can barely...

Saturday Bach time again, and here's a masterclass with Andras Schiff to show us how.

One of the delectable things about writing booklet notes for CDs is that now and then you're assigned a task you like; and you get the ...