by Marguerite on January 23rd, 2009
The greatest pianist of all time, who has the creditials to prove it, is Frederic Chopin, hands down! There are others who are excellent, but the amount of books of compositions he wrote and could play are enormous! There is no other pianist with this kind of record. Not even Liszt! If you can also compare the theory in the compositions, it shows it!
by gulley81283 on June 24th, 2008
Anyone ever heard of Art Tatum? Clearly Art is the KING!
by yup. on April 3rd, 2008
I'm going to have to go with Franz Liszt. Outside of the fact that he was quite the virtuoso pianist, he was the first to prove that a piano can be a stand-alone instrument.
by kitten is smiling... on April 2nd, 2008
For me that would be Beethoven!
by nini3601 on April 2nd, 2008
August Rush
by The0Rising on June 11th, 2008
Either Chopin or Lizt
by Nick on April 3rd, 2008
The best piano player I heard was Vladimir Horowitz. Dinu Lipattu I only know from recordings, but they sound very impressive. Then there are a few other great ones: Glenn Gould, Martha Argerich, Alfred Brendel, Friedrich Gulda for instance. A young and very promising pianist is Martin Stadtfeld.
Composers who wrote great music for piano are
Bach - His Well Tempered Clavier is a must (even is the piano as we know it today wasn't even invented at his time)
Beethoven
Schubert
Liszt
Schumann
Skrjabin
Chopin
by Galeanda on April 2nd, 2008
Rachmaninov for technical ability and grat huge capable hands. And Chopin for writing such dynamic compositions that stir the soul.
by Takei-Shihan on April 2nd, 2008
... another vote for either Chopin or Rachmaninov ...
by Mariecke - winter-sleeping... on April 2nd, 2008
Richter... or Maria Joao Pires? It's hard to choose...
by Mariecke - winter-sleeping... on April 2nd, 2008
Richter... or Maria Joao Pires? It's hard to choose...
by Tallyman on April 2nd, 2008
Liberace!...not the straightest or the least glittery, but the best
by nomyth on May 20th, 2009
Glenn Gould
by Brian on May 20th, 2009
I haven't heard enough of the other pianists to say that I think he's the greatest of all time, but my favorite is Oscar Peterson:
by Bratzka on January 15th, 2010
I haven't heard that many pianists and I must say that Chopin is really good but recently I've listened to River Flows in You by Yiruma and I really like it and he's probably my favourite =) Im a twilight fan so it explains why i like him so much but I think his music is really good and it really moved me =)
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Thanks Marguerite.
by keithold thanks all baggers on May 20th, 2009
Welcome, Keithold.
by Marguerite on May 20th, 2009