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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ronald Bertram Smith, pianist, composer, teacher, writer and broadcaster: born London 3 January 1922; married 1969 Anne Norman (one daughter); died Saltwood, Kent 27 May 2004. The pianist Ronald Smith ...