But such is the case with Franz Liszt’s unfinished “Sardanapalo,” based on a drama by Byron and given its U.S. premiere in a concert performance Saturday afternoon at the Library of Congress.

Franz Liszt combined sensational keyboard prowess, trailblazing creative inspiration and an insatiable love of life. Put it all together and you get a complex genius with the charismatic force of a ...

News about Franz Liszt. Commentary and archival information about Franz Liszt from The New York Times.

Franz Liszt: the sensational piano wizard whose breathtaking virtuosity made even grown men weep. Was Liszt the greatest piano virtuoso of all time? If dazzling keyboard facility is the main criteria, ...

Franz Liszt: a biography. Composer, teacher, Abbé, Casanova, writer, sage, pioneer and champion of new music, philanthropist, philosopher and one of the greatest pianists in history, Liszt was the ...

According to the BBC, Franz Liszt was music’s first “rock star. " His electrifying stage presence enraptured audiences and caused young women to shriek, sob, and swoon.

You can hear it in this weekend’s Minnesota Orchestra concerts. Standing at the center of each is the First Piano Concerto of Franz Liszt, with 29-year-old Boston-based pianist George Li as soloist.

On Franz Liszt's 200th anniversary, ... In his youth, he wanted to be a priest, and in the 1830s he was an eager supporter of all the new-fangled ideas of social reform being discussed in Paris.

Franz Liszt’s scintillating journey to the Underworld challenges pianists and thrills audiences. Jeremy Nicholas compares a selection of recordings of this diabolic masterpiece and selects his ...