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What We Can Learn From Ferruccio Busoni, the First Truly Modern Composer

Busoni, Ferruccio Classical Music

What We Can Learn From Ferruccio Busoni, the First Truly Modern Composer

Ferruccio Busoni, who died 100 years ago, was a globe-trotting, forward-thinking composer and teacher with a message of timelessness in music.

By Joshua Barone

‘It Has It All’: Taking on a Strange, Immense Piano Concerto

Busoni, Ferruccio Classical Music Levit, Igor Salonen, Esa-Pekka San Francisco Symphony

‘It Has It All’: Taking on a Strange, Immense Piano Concerto

The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the pianist Igor Levit discuss Ferruccio Busoni’s Piano Concerto, a rarity they are performing in San Francisco.

By David Allen