Norman Lebrecht

Much hoo-ha was made of the BBC’s “censorship” of Nigel Kennedy’s remarks about Palestine at the Proms. In truth, Kennedy knew all along he’d be taken off air

China is in the grip of a piano passion, with superstar rivals and millions playing at home

The violin’s unique mythology has made it inordinately expensive, and attractive to disreputable dealers

Paris has a bold and visionary attitude to building for the arts. Why can’t London follow suit?

Elisha Abas played for years in the Israeli Premier League but when his football career was over he returned to his other great talent: the piano

Stravinsky’s new work caused such an uproar that the police were called in. But why no encore?

This year could mark the coming of age of Poland as a musical nation. What took so long?

The Royal Opera House’s chief executive is returning to the BBC after a dozen successful years

Steeped in the grand tradition, Charles Rosen was the archetypal philosopher-pianist