Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7. In 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he ...

It's a good bet that most of us have heard people say they don't like jazz, or even worse, drop the H-bomb, "I hate jazz." If you choose to engage, the key is to tread lightly and tailor an approach ...

Play Piano Play Friedrich Gulda, Composer Martin David Jones, Piano Prelude and Fugue Friedrich Gulda, Composer Martin David Jones, Piano Sonatina Friedrich Gulda, Composer Martin David Jones, Piano ...

Jed Distler is thrilled all over again by the Austrian pianist’s recordings Back in the December 2021 issue Harriet Smith reviewed a 41-disc box-set from Decca that I had annotated, containing ...

In the Manhattan jazz den known as Birdland, the seven-man combo was swinging up a storm. Its music had a fine, contrapuntal texture, played with a neatly organized air that is not characteristic of ...

Piano Sonata No. 17 in D, K.576: I. Allegro Piano Sonata No. 17 in D, K.576: II. Adagio Piano Sonata No. 17 in D, K.576: III. Allegretto Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K ...

EMI's collections of performances from the Lugano festival, when Martha Argerich invites a range of instrumentalists to play chamber music with her, have become annual events. These three discs, taken ...