From practice rooms to concert halls, Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etudes present pianists with musical and technical hurdles that result in magical performances. Xiangyu Zhao is a composer, pianist ...

For pianists, the 12 “Transcendental Études” by the 19th-century composer Franz Liszt remain among the most perilous compositions in the repertoire, particularly if played in their entirety rather ...

Not many pianists essay all of Liszt’s Transcendental Études at one sitting. Even fewer do so in a live recital, as Kirill Gerstein has in London and New York. The technical challenges of these 12 ...

Watch pianist Sean Cooney perform Franz Liszt’s "Transcendental Etude No. 10." Watch pianist Sean Cooney perform Franz Liszt’s "Transcendental Etude No. 10." Sean is the June 2025 WMHT-FM Classical ...

Kenneth Chan comments on the challenges of performing Franz Liszt's Transcendental Etude No.10 in F. What makes this piece very unique is how Liszt can put together a simple, beautiful melody with ...

In his Friday evening Celebrity Series recital at Jordan Hall, the charismatic young pianist Daniil Trifonov presented two musical takes on transcendence. First came Beethoven’s final piano sonata, a ...

There was something almost otherworldly about Kirill Gerstein's recital Sunday afternoon at the University of the District of Columbia, the culmination of Washington Performing Arts' Hayes Piano ...

From the Top heads to the Cleveland Institute of Music to find a trio of teen siblings with a thing for strings, transcendental music by Liszt, a trombonist with "Thoughts of Love," a teenage ...