In the 18th century, all pianists who performed in public with any regularity were expected to be able to improvise pieces within traditional genres on command. Today, few classical pianists would ...

Pianist Gabriela Montero is famous for her ability to take a theme and improvise around it, creating a stunning new work on the spot. Have you heard Elmer Bernstein's famous theme from The Magnificent ...

Gabriela Montero's crusade to liven up classical piano recitals with improvisation landed at Jemison Concert Hall Saturday night. As the 39-year-old Venezuelan pianist convincingly demonstrated in the ...

Jazz players are the musicians most often associated with improvisation. But Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and many other performers created classical music on the spot as a matter of ...

Gabriela Montero is a concert pianist with a special calling card. She devotes much of her time to an activity that classical pianists pretty much abandoned a couple of centuries ago: improvising.

The brilliant Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has made a name for herself as a brilliant improviser – and if you want to know why, watch this epic NINE MINUTE improvisation on the habanera from ...

Gabriela Montero, piano Improvisation on themes from Prokoviev to Nosferatu by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Silent film performance with piano accompaniment The famous pianist Gabriela Montero is a ...

To understand Gabriela Montero, the Venezuelan pianist and rare classical improviser, one needs to begin in the time of giants. When such masters as Bach, Beethoven and Brahms reigned, most serious ...

Gabriela Montero is not your typical classical pianist. She takes requests from the audience and improvises her show. Venezuelan-born Montero is known for incorporating soap opera themes, pop tunes ...

"I'm an improvising animal," says pianist Gabriela Montero, who will appear twice in the coming week at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Don't worry, though. That doesn't mean she'll be tossing in ...

Of the million-plus ways to play the Grieg Piano Concerto, none truly compares to the way Gabriela Montero played it Friday night at Severance Hall. Performing with the Cleveland Orchestra and guest ...

Gabriela Montero has garnered considerable attention in traditional classical venues, but her name-value among the general public skyrocketed on the basis of a single ensemble appearance on the steps ...