Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Steven Wilson's new album The Overview, which was released last Friday, is currently occupying the No. 1 slot on the midweek chart placings ... 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both ...

Her seventh No. 1 launches with the year's biggest week by a woman and Gaga's biggest streaming week ever. By Keith Caulfield Lady Gaga’s MAYHEM moves in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums ...

The program will include: Mozart Piano Concerto in B-flat Major, No. 27, featuring Yungyung Guo; Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, featuring Yubo Deng; and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 ...

Both Liszt and Chopin were born at a time in musical history when the piano ... 1-4 written across a period from 1835-1843. They are supremely important compositions showing his mastery of the ...

The song satirizes the fickle nature of fashion and music ... No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming a chart-topping hit in the UK. Its enduring popularity is evident, with the song ...

Eradicating extreme poverty remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. More than 650 million people around the world live on less than US$1.90 a day, a total that has risen sharply in the ...

John Williams’ ‘Violin Concerto No. 2’, written especially for and recorded by Anne-Sophie Mutter, will be released in June 2022. Following the huge success of John Williams – The Berlin ...

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10 No. 4, is out now ... President Deutsche Grammophon. “Music-lovers around the world have been captivated by each stage of this year’s International Chopin Piano Competition.

The Chopin Competition is one of the world’s three major piano competitions and has helped launch the careers of some of the world's most acclaimed pianists such as Uchida. No Japan-born pianist ...

“between the music’s passion and drama and its many moments of delicacy and fragility.” “A soloist of real poise and refinement” Seong-Jin Cho performed Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 ...