After Glasgow's mini-series focusing on the piano at the end of last year, a project which brought top-drawer pianists including Llyr Williams, Andras Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida to the City Halls, I received a metaphorical nudge from a contact: "Don't...

Known for its accomplishments and rich sound, the Brentano String Quartet has collaborated with such musical luminaries as soprano Jessye Norman, pianist Richard Goode and pianist Mitsuko Uchida. It is the first-ever string quartet in residence at...

Apropos Beethoven’s fourth piano concerto, Davis says he enjoys the ‘unpremeditated little things that can happen’, while Uchida expatiates on the work’s sheer newness: while the first three concertos operate within the shade of Mozart, the fourth...

Orchestra and many other ensembles are when it comes to conductors. When Alsop steps up to the podium next week at Severance Hall, she'll be just the fourth woman ever to occupy that particular square of real estate, and only the second in the last 34...