Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness ...

Arguably the greatest pianist of his time, the legacy of Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) is perpetuated through his popular piano transcriptions and futuristic musical thinking. Commemorating the ...

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2017 performance of Ferruccio Busoni's monumental concerto met all the composer's impossible demands. A new live recording of the event is both serious and fabulous.

The name Ferruccio Busoni may not leap off the page. He's one of those whose misfortune has been to become consigned to the historical footnotes after being a towering figure in his time. He was born ...

This is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Italian pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni, born in Empoli, Tuscany. He died of kidney disease and heart failure in Berlin in 1924. His father, ...

Pianists Yang Liu, Albert Cano Smit, and Jiayan Sun will discuss Busoni’s legacy as a pianist-composer and reflect on its relevance to musicians today. Arguably the greatest pianist of his time, the ...

Pianist Kirill Gerstein chooses the conductor, teacher and composer Ferruccio Busoni, who died in 1924. With Matthew Parris. From 2019. Show more Pianist Kirill Gerstein chooses the conductor and ...

This is FRESH AIR. Can a piece of music be too big for its own good? That's a question our classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has been asking himself. He doesn't particularly like grandiosity for ...