As the Bayreuth festival turns 150, we look at the composer’s huge and enduring influence, and wonder what might have happened to classical music in his absence?

The classical pianist, who turns 200 today, changed the art of performance forever with his over-the-top concerts, creating a craze that... Illustration of Franz Liszt. The Hungarian composer and ...

The women who screamed and swooned for the 19th Century piano virtuoso Franz Liszt set the pattern for fans in our own time – from The Beatles to Justin Bieber. The spectacle of young women shrieking, ...

Tomorrow is the 200th birthday of composer and pianist Franz Liszt. Morning Edition's music commentator Miles Hoffman thinks there are plenty of reasons to celebrate. "This is a man who lived an ...

From practice rooms to concert halls, Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes present pianists with musical and technical hurdles that result in magical performances. Xiangyu Zhao is a composer, pianist ...

Its redemptive ending inspired Mahler to mind-blowing music, Gounod wrote one of the greatest soprano roles for its tragic heroine, and some of us first encountered it via Tintin, but, argues AN ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Pianist Lang Lang honors his idol on the new album 'Liszt: My Piano Hero.' When you think of rock n' roll, Franz Liszt might not be the first name that comes to mind. But the classical pianist, born ...

PARIS.- With a growth of more than 4 percent to 13,000 visitors in 6 days, the 26th Salon du Dessin proved to be a great success.

In this 13-part series, pianist, teacher and author David Dubal explores the way the giants of the 19th century wrote for the solo piano. Each one-hour program will focus on a single composer, from ...