On this day in 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach passed away. Profoundly versatile in its core, the great German composer’s immense catalogue...

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest pianists that ever lived - Maria João Pires . Thank you for the MUSIC and for all that I have...

I am wholeheartedly against competitions in music (and art) in general. I always felt that they are contradicting the nature and the...

In early 19th century Vienna, the “Schubertiades”, salon sessions where the composer Franz Schubert was a central figure and where the...

Photo: This miniature of Julie (or Giulietta) Guicciardi was found in Beethoven’s desk after he died. The Immortal Beloved (German...

I can't wait to share this absolutely divine music with my audience - music that heals, consoles, uplifts, transforms .... I truly...

"Ever so radiant Maria Maria João Pires - shining from within, then on what she plays, and then on her audience. It isn't the size of ...

If an artist needs to act/behave certain way to be accepted - then I am glad not to be. I have rarely fitted anywhere, and now, I fully...

What can we do to bring classical music closer to everyone, especially those underprivileged and disadvantaged, who did not have a...

To all interprets out there: listening to good quality music is so important ! Regardless of which instrument you play, listening every...

“Love me well … I ask for much, because I give much.” ~ Robert Schumann There are many myths connected to Schumann (June 8, 1810 - July...

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art...

"I feel that music has the power to heal, like a powerful balm, by taking us to worlds beyond where there is no suffering of any kind." ~...

Xenia: You are the founder and the president director of the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition, and the founder and...

Interpreting music is for me - discovering and finding myself in what composers have written. Contrary to what many believe there is a...

There is a trend in the pianism today – to play the most complicated, fast paced, technically demanding piano pieces. To impress rather...

Have you ever written a heartfelt message to someone you admired and/or really cared about – and then had the painful experience of...

Xenia: Please tell us about your Belgrade years and memories you have on the time spent there, where you worked as piano educator,...

I conducted an one hour and a half long interview with Mr Igor Lazko, on 1 February 2023 in Paris. Igor Lazko is a classical pianist and...

Illuminated soul - Illuminated thoughtfulness - Illuminated playing Beautiful Maria João Pires among stars where she takes us whenever...