Daniel Bouchard was a child prodigy who at age 15 performed at Carnegie Hall.

Here he’s Playing one of Franz Schubert’s Impromptus

A Picture of Poise, Grace, Charm and Talent -

Meet Khatia Buniatishvilli. In addition to being a great pianist, she speaks fluent Russian, German, French and English. In this video she plays Chopin's Ballade # 4

Short Dresses and High Heels

Meet Lola Astanova

The Sonata Form and Beethoven's Unique Style

The great Hungarian born pianist Andras Schiff has given a set of lectures on all thirty two Beethoven's Sonatas. The lectures were done appropriately in chronological order .

      The first Sonata (sonata #1)  started with the "Manheim Rocket," a musical phrase which permeated Beethoven's works in general and his sonatas in particular. According to the Encyclopedias Britannia, the "Manheim Rocket" came out of the Manheim School in Germany where a set of composers worked under the patronage of German duke, Duke Karl Theodor (1743–99) the elector palatine.

I found listening to the lectures a great way to pass the time while exercising at the gym.