Huawei Technologies founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei has whipped up a storm on Chinese social media after he was seen with disgraced Chinese classical pianist Li Yundi, when they visited the telecommunications equipment giant’s Songshan Lake campus in Dongguan over the weekend. Ren, 79, accompanied Li on a tour of the European-themed campus – […]
Maurizio Pollini, a Grammy-winning Italian pianist who performed frequently at La Scala opera house in Milan, has died aged 82. Pollini died on Saturday, La Scala said in a statement. The announcement did not give a cause of death, but Pollini had been forced to cancel a concert at the Salzburg Festival in 2022 because […]
Jan. 27—HUNTINGTON — The piano has been a constant in the life of Bruce Rous. He has practiced for hours every week for most of his life. “My Mom, Gail, was a church organist for over 50 years, and she taught me everything from the earliest years,” Rous said. He has performed for churches — […]
[Source] A viral video captured the confrontation between a group of Chinese tourists and a piano-playing YouTuber at a train station in London. A confrontation erupts: British pianist Brendan Kavanagh, also known as Dr.K, found himself at the center of a spat with a group of tourists waving Chinese flags at a public piano in […]
A group of Chinese people saying they work for a TV network told YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh to take down their likenesses from his channel.Brendan Kavanagh/YouTube A pianist’s live stream went viral after a group of Chinese people insisted he obscure their faces. The confrontation escalated into shouting as the pianist protested and the group grew […]
A 22-year-old pianist whose genre-bending blend of classical and Irish traditional influences has topped charts across the world says his life was “turned upside down” by the success. Jamie Duffy, from Glaslough in Co Monaghan, was studying politics at university in Belfast when he released his first single, Solas. Solas was the most successful debut […]