Cast and crew err on the side of silly in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island," the amusingly childish sequel to that unlikely 2008 hit "Journey to the Center of the Earth." They've rendered Jules Verne's novel into a jokey lark, with broad, corny wisecrac

North Carolina Symphony Music Director Grant Llewellyn welcomes one of the world’s most celebrated pianists to North Carolina later this month. At the same time, he is reacquainted with an old friend. Award-winning English pianist Stephen Hough, a one-ti

IT stands to reason that Stephen Hough would be a big Franz Liszt fan. One of the world's most sought-after classical pianists is also a poet, writer on theology, occasional journalist, avid blogger... oh yes, and prolific tweeter. This is not a man for

Those composers took well-known operatic melodies by Bellini, Grétry, Donizetti, Salieri and Gluck and wrote variations on them for solo piano. The focus of the program was hearing the contrast between the two composers’ styles doing essentially the same

Romance is in the air as St. Valentine’s Day approaches. Two fine concerts with themes centered on love invite you to celebrate the day musically. Two classical musicians, pianist Laura Kargul and violinist Ron Lantz, will partner for a concert of Romant

Josef Danhauser: Franz Liszt at the Piano, 1840. Seated are Alexandre Dumas Sr. , George Sand, and Marie d’Agoult; standing are Hector Berlioz, Nicolò Paganini, and Gioachino Rossini. On the piano is a bust of Beethoven by Anton Dietrich,and on the wall i