Violette Franchi for The New York Times Supported by By Hugh Morris Reporting from Paris On the cover of his latest album, Alexandre Kantorow’s left arm falls back behind a piano bench.

Pianist, educator and mentor Derek Chiu has been named to the Steinway Artist roster, joining the ranks of musicians such as Lang Lang, Billy Joel and Diana Krall. This coveted designation ...

Arcadi Volodos has not appeared in Carnegie Hall since 2003. Grigory Sokolov, since 1975. Like Igor Levit, they are Soviet-born pianists. You can see all three at the Salzburg Festival every summer.

I look back with a great deal of gratitude for the experience. John Schaefer: That is pianist Igor Levit talking about the series of house concerts that got him and many of his listeners through the ...