Classical music lovers, as well as some fans of animation and video games, may know Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s famous "Peer Gynt," but they certainly do not know it in the innovative, yet ...

Despite the success of Blossom Time (Franz Schubert) and The Great Waltz (Johann Strauss) the rather obvious idea of building an operetta around the life of Norwegian Composer Edvard Hagerup Grieg ...

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg was only 25 years old when he wrote his Piano Concerto in A minor. It turned out to be one of his most enduring compositions. From the Woodruff Arts Center, Orli Shaham ...

We open the hour's concert music with three encores from recent performances. First, pianist Evgeny Kissin plays a Beethoven Contredanse at the Champs-elysees Theater in Paris. Then, at the University ...

A Northern State University professor was elected to a second term as president of the International Edvard Grieg Society. The society promotes research and performance of music by Norwegian composer ...

Two-time GRAMMY Award winner Michelle Cann, lauded champion of Florence Price's music, displays her versatility performing ...

Performing one of the best-known piano phrases in classical music is both terrifying and exhilarating for Joyce Yang. “It’s like jumping off a cliff,” the pianist said of Edvard Grieg’s “Piano ...