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The Pittsburgh Symphony’s exploration of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s music for piano and orchestra this season has done more than present great pieces. It has also provided the opportunity for audiences to ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), led by guest conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, hosted a three-night run of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 (Winter ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff called it a concerto “for elephants,” and he was not exaggerating. His Piano Concerto No. 3, in D minor, stands as a colossus in the repertoire not only because it’s the most ...

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It’s not hyperbole to say that Rachmaninoff is in Russian-American pianist Olga Kern‘s DNA. “I play Rachmaninoff all my life,” said the 50-year-old Kern, who will play the composer’s Piano Concerto No ...

Richard McKay conducts a concert by Dallas Chamber Symphony at Moody Performance Hall in Dallas on May 1, 2018. (Nathan Hunsinger / Staff Photographer) Richard McKay and his Dallas Chamber Symphony ...