I'm always drawn to musicians who take risks, those who try to erase traditional boundaries. So when the adventurous pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard came to the studio to play, I wasn't sure what would ...

The composer George Benjamin and the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard met as students. In a new piece, they perform at the keyboard together. By Joshua Barone Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt ...

For his first-ever show at The 92nd Street Y, eminent pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard joins us with brilliant composer and longtime friend George Benjamin (Written on Skin) for the NY premiere of ...

In the western suburbs of Paris 150 years ago today, a boy was born to an unassuming couple, proprietors of a china shop who had no great taste for music. But that little boy felt otherwise, and grew ...

There have been few piano recitals this season so thoughtfully curated as the one that Pierre-Laurent Aimard gave in Baker-Baum Concert Hall for the La Jolla Music Society on Sunday evening. The ...

György Ligeti’s piano études stretched the limits of what it was thought technically possible for a human – as opposed to a machine – to play. Yet the spur for their creation was his own inadequate ...

Where to begin with Pierre-Laurent Aimard? No other pianist comes near this mercurial 58-year-old Frenchman, either in terms of musical versatility or sheer, scattergun productivity. Among other ...

Tom Service talks to pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and discusses a controversial new book about Venezuela's El Sistema with its director, Eduardo Mendez, and author Geoffrey Baker. Show more Tom ...

Debussy has committed himself deeply as a human being, as a suffering human being. But it's also a very experimental piece. Pierre-Laurent Aimard's wide musical tastes range from Mozart to Stockhausen ...