Stephen Fry describes his delight and bewilderment at first hearing Conlon Nancarrow's Study No. 21 - also known as Canon X - for player piano. Nancarrow devoted his composing... Show more Stephen Fry ...

At the core of the weekend was a nine-concert cycle of the complete studies for player piano. As far as anyone knew, it was the first time all 51 studies had been performed in public in one go. And ...

Chasing The Melodies Of Conlon NancarrowWhen people think of the player piano, they usually think of Sting-era ragtime music. But during that era, a composer named Conlon Nancarrow created incredibly ...

When Conlon Nancarrow – the Arkansas-born composer who, in 1940, relocated to Mexico to escape anti-Communist censor – was (re)discovered during the late 1970s/early 1980s no one seemed sure how to ...

A preview clip from Nancarrow's Study for Player Piano No. 7, performed at the 2013 BBC Proms by the Aurora Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon.

The Arditti Quartet returns to the Edinburgh Festival performing Janacek, alongside works by Xenakis and Nancarrow inspired by mathematics and jazz. Programme: Janáçek: String Quartet No 1 Xenakis: ...