Schnabel quipped, “My recitals are boring both before and after intermission.” What the great pianist meant was, he played serious pieces throughout his program, not offering crowd-pleasers at the end ...

Experience the artistry of Hélène Grimaud, a pianist known for her powerful performances and her work as a wildlife conservationist, human rights advocate, and writer. She brings her skill and ...

PARIS — Had Helene Grimaud lived in the 19th century, Byron or Shelley might have immortalized her in verse. Striking and talented, she is an ideal Romantic heroine: a virtuoso pianist with piercing ...

On Thursday and Saturday nights, Hélène Grimaud, the French pianist, played Ravel’s Concerto in G major with the New York Philharmonic. On Sunday night, she also played with the Philharmonic — or ...

Hélène Grimaud is the rare recitalist who makes a hall feel like a private room—an artist whose intensity is never manufactured, whose lyricism never turns ornamental. Her career has long moved on two ...

Pianist Hélène Grimaud is known for playing with passion and depth... and Brahms gives her plenty to work with in his Second Piano Concerto. It’s big, powerful music, but also full of quiet, ...

I’m more than happy to stay outside the fence with her pet German shepherd, Eno (named after the “sonic landscaper” and U2 producer). As she hugs a younger wolf called Kyla, she tells me how the ...

Her energetic performance calls to mind the heroic days of late 19th- and early 20th-century recitals.