Frederic Rzewski, the American-born composer who rejected both serialism and minimalism in his struggle to create a significant body of work over the past half-century, much of it politically themed, ...

We learn of the death of the composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski. In tribute, we revisit a Gramophone 'Contemporary Composer' article written by Jed Distler and first published on our August 2018 ...

Frederic Rzewski, a formidable composer and pianist who wrote and performed music that was at once stylistically eclectic and politically committed, died Saturday at his summer home in Montiano, Italy ...

Frederic Rzewski, an American-born composer and pianist who worked in manifold musical genres throughout a career that spanned 60 years, died June 26 in Montiano, Italy. He was 83. His publicist, ...

Composing, as we usually think of it, is the first part of a two-step relay: The composer writes notes on a piece of paper and hands it off to the performer, who makes them sound. But there's another ...

The New York Philharmonic’s next music leader, slowly revealing facets of his personality, used his latest visit to showcase his political conscience. By Joshua Barone When Lisa Moore turned 60 her ...

Ursula Oppens is a pianist known for deftly integrating new music and established works on her programs. Back in 1975, she was learning Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations for a concert and decided to ...

Bobby Mitchell captures the intimacy and complexity of his friend's compositions in a new album, Frederic Rzewski: Late Piano Works Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author ...