At brief, introspective moments in Ridley Scott's pyrotechnics-heavy biopic Napoleon, a simple melody emerges from the delicate sound of an old piano. It's more than 200 years old and once belonged to ...

Jean Jude, glasses perched on the end of his nose, is practising scales when his visitor arrives. "Sorry there isn't much room in here," Jude says, getting up from one piano before wending his way ...

Pleyel, the world's oldest piano makers still in operation and the favourite of Frédéric Chopin, are to shut their last workshop in a symbolic blow for the once mighty flagship of French artistic ...

PARIS—More than 200 years of French piano-making history is reaching its finale. Ateliers Pleyel—one the world's oldest manufacturers of pianos—said late Tuesday that it was ceasing production at its ...

Every week, Classic FM presenter and music expert David Mellor reviews the best new releases and re-issues from the world of classical music. This week, David picks out two of Beethoven's finest works ...

Step into the elegance of candlelight and embark on the next stop of our Grand Tour—a concert series celebrating the rich piano traditions of different nations. For this enchanting evening, we journey ...

French piano virtuoso, Shani Diluka enthralled Chandigarh with her performance last week at Tagore Theatre. Shani, one of the greatest pianists of her generation, was offered by the French Embassy in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean Jude, a musicologist and music teacher, has been collecting pianos since 1970 and has gathered the finest collection in ...