Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pianist Alexander Toradze is shown performing Dec. 3, 2016, with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra. The head of the piano studio ...

A defector to the U.S., he was admired for his prowess in the Russian repertory, but his individualistic approach “was not for everyone — or for all repertoire.” By Vivien Schweitzer Alexander Toradze ...

Early in “Kicking the Notes the Toradze Way,” a clip from Alexander Toradze’s performance at the 1977 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition plays on the screen, followed by the announcement that ...

Most pianists do not bring a string quartet half-way across the country at their own expense simply because they feel like playing Brahms. But then most pianists are not like Alexander — “Lexo” to his ...

Alexander Toradze, the world-renown classical pianist who suffered acute heart failure while performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra last month, died Wednesday at his home in South Bend, Ind.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra pressed on with Shostakovich Remembered, its festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Soviet composer's birth, with a pair of concerts Wednesday and Thursday ...

Alexander Toradze will play two landmarks of piano music Thursday night in his recital for the Orlando Celebrity Concerts Association. One is Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit, a whispering, whirling ...

In late April, an astonishing story began to circulate on several classical music websites. A pianist had endured a prolonged episode of heart failure during a performance of Stravinsky and ...