The man who waltzed the world

I must admit I am fortunate. This is my fourth visit to Vienna in eight years, but it’s a city that never fails to excite me, surprise me and nourish me. The Austrian capital has many faces and the ri

While exploring a city as beautiful as Vienna – where every corner seems to offer up another stunning building and you can visit places such as Mozart’s old apartment – it certainly enhances your expe

As Robert Hausmann played Dvořák’s Cello Concerto through, Johannes Brahms turned round to the composer and said, ‘If I had known that it was possible to write a cello concerto like this, I would have

You’re not doing it right if you don’t fall off,” yelled our wetsuit-clad instructor from across one of Austria’s clearest lakes. Still wary of tumbling off the paddleboard into the depths of Lake Fus

For 172 years, Steinway & Sons has been producing the world’s finest pianos and for 150 of them there’s been a Steinway centre in London, called Steinway Hall; the second such following the opening of

Looking out of the living room window across the shores of Lake Lucerne, surrounded by photographs of family and friends and listening to the piano reverberate from the room next door, you’d be forgiv