The Ukrainian-born pianist revived her stalled career by uploading videos of herself to YouTube. After millions clicked, she landed a record deal.... Valentina Lisitsa: Chasing Pianos And YouTube Fans ...

The arts like to pride themselves on being "challenging". They "speak truth to power" – meaning not just political power, but the power of received, lazy ways of thinking and feeling. People in the ...

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Stewart Goodyear was to have replace Valentina Lisitsa, only to be cancelled himself. As most have heard, Valentina Lisitsa was "uninvited" from performing Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto with the ...

Valentina Lisitsa is one of the most frequently viewed pianists on YouTube, who sold out her debut performance at the Royal Albert Hall after attracting an internet fan base of millions. Life and ...

Valentina Lisitsa, who has a huge online following, has criticised western journalists for supposed bias in covering events in Ukraine A pianist has been struck off the concert programme with a ...

‘Done is better than perfect” was the motto of the mid-aughts. Adopters of this Internet maxim won their place atop the search and social heap. Such an approach to success seems antithetical to ...

YouTube star and virtuoso pianist Valentina Lisitsa signs record deal and will play a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Valentina Lisitsa will play at the Royal Albert Hall in June 2012 One of the ...

Hate speech, or freedom of speech? An image supporting the pianist Valentina Lisitsa, whose graphic and earthy Twitter feed led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to remove her from this week’s concerts.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has been plunged into controversy ...

How do classical artists grab attention these days? Simple — or, actually, not so simple at all. They build their fan bases on YouTube, one page hit at a time. It's a model that's familiar in pop ...