The composer, conductor and pianist completed this concerto in 19 o nine. He gave it premier in new york at the start of a successful american concert tour that year. Having practised on a cardboard keyboard during the long voyage from russia to the us.
The visit of America’s speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has Chinese tempers flaring. We ask what the trip suggests about American policy and what it means for Taiwan. Crowdfunding is making a real difference in the war in Ukraine—but its effects vary between the two sides. And a close listen to a young pianist’s prizewinning Rachmaninoff-concerto performance.
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