Adrien Brody says he has PTSD from working on the 2002 Holocaust drama “The Pianist,” owing to the dramatic weight loss he undertook for the film. The star, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman in the Roman Polanski movie, spoke about the experience making the biopic during … Read more
Known for her gorgeous gowns and sky-high heels, Georgian-born, French pianist Khatia Buniatishvili is a rock star in the classical music world, having performed internationally since age 10. With her sixth solo album, “Mozart,” coming out Oct. 25 on Sony Classical, the 37-year-old has played Chopin, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff everywhere from NYC’s Carnegie Hall to … Read more
A British pianist and YouTuber has been accosted by a furious Chinese TV crew who demanded he delete video showing their faces, despite being filmed in a public place. Brendan Kavanaugh, who regularly livestreams his public performances to more than two million subscribers, was playing on a piano in a London shopping center on Friday when the … Read more
Golden Globes pianist Chloe Flower is coming clean about the music playing winners off during their speeches. After Michelle Yeoh won best actress in a motion picture comedy or musical for her role in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” music started to play her off halfway through her speech. Yeoh, 60, turned toward where Flower … Read more
CNN — Depending on which music pundit you ask, jazz “died” when its 1920s heyday ended. Others believe jazz music lost its luster when the 1960s – and rock music – rolled around. But Ramsey Lewis, an inventive jazz pianist and one of the nation’s most respected artists in the genre, continued to find novel … Read more