Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Turning Pianistic Fame into National Influence

Isaac Albéniz: Reimagining Spain at the Piano

Tobias Matthay: Making Touch an Analysable Problem

Teresa Carreño: The Global Pianist Known as a Valkyrie

Gabriel Fauré: Changing Harmony in Half-Light

Edvard Grieg: Placing Northern Landscapes in the Home Piano

Camille Saint-Saëns: A Remarkable Machine Beneath an Elegant Surface

Johannes Brahms: From Symphonic Weight to Late Soliloquy

Theodor Leschetizky: The Great Teacher Without a Fixed Method

Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bringing American Rhythms into the Concert Hall