A Ukrainian-born pianist who has been barred from performing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra said late Thursday she would be be giving a free concert in the city on Friday night, but the church ...

Stewart Goodyear was to have replace Valentina Lisitsa, only to be cancelled himself. As most have heard, Valentina Lisitsa was "uninvited" from performing Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto with the ...

With her multi-faceted playing described as “dazzling”, Valentina Lisitsa is at ease in a vast repertoire ranging from Bach and Mozart to Shostakovich and Bernstein. Her orchestral repertoire alone ...

How much would you bet on your ability to sell something for which you had not found a buyer in spite of years of unstinting effort? Would you bet your house? That was the question facing the ...

Before abandoning himself to various forms of musical mysticism and pushing the harmonic language of late Romanticism almost to the point of atonality, Scriabin began like many budding composers ...

For one week during the World Cup, Valentina Lisitsa put a webcam in her practice studio in North Carolina. For 12 to 14 hours a day (her usual practice time), anyone could go to Ustream and watch the ...

I admire the Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa, because Our Val is a competitor. Troubled a decade ago that she wasn’t making that elusive breakthrough, she uploaded a lot of her stuff on to the ...

Pianist Valentina Lisitsa burst onto the classical music scene after promoting her videos on social media. Using the internet alone, she's developed a loyal fan base and filled the Royal Albert Hall.

Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa hasn't been able to secure a location for a free concert she wanted to play in Toronto. A controversial Ukrainian-born pianist whose performances with the Toronto ...

After the TSO banned Lisitsa for a series of provocative political tweets, the musician played a resounding set at Koerner Hall The Toronto Symphony Orchestra can, and must, make judgments. Canada ...

How do you make a Rachmaninov performance video go viral? Here are five of the greatest, performed by Valentina Lisitsa. But don't take our word for it: the weird and wonderful comments speak for ...