This month marks the bicentenary of the French Jewish composer and pianist Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). A new biography was published earlier this year in France, written by two devotees, ...

Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the world’s most honored pianists, will delve into the creativity of Frederic Chopin and Charles-Valentin Alkan, the two greatest piano virtuosos and composers of 19th ...

If ever there were two forgotten men of music, they are Raymond Lewenthal and Charles-Valentin Alkan. Lewenthal is a 42-year-old American pianist. Alkan was a French composer who died in 1888. Each in ...

Ronald Smith, who has died aged 82, was a concert pianist best known for championing the fiendishly difficult music of the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-88). For more than 40 years ...

The piano music of Charles-Valentin Alkan is no longer regarded as the preserve of a handful of zealous specialists. Over the last two decades a whole raft of young pianists have emerged keen to take ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The 19th century French composer and pianist Charles-Valentin Alkan wasn ...

The actual stuff and substance of his music . . . is of such startling oddity, such intensely personal and individual quality, shot through with an eerie, uncanny feeling that makes it of irresistible ...

Sonate de Concert (Charles-)Valentin Alkan, Composer Emmanuelle Bertrand, Cello Pascal Amoyel, Piano Elegie No. 1 Pascal Amoyel, Piano Emmanuelle Bertrand, Cello Franz Liszt, Composer Elegie No. 2 ...