Valentina Lisitsa

The Best of the Fall Season: Classical New Releases

Mark Pinto

WRTI's Mark Pinto fills us in on the latest classical music CDs on Saturdays after the opera on Classical New Releases. Check out five newly released…

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Twitter Outrage Takes Toronto, Canceling Two Pianists

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa is a YouTube star. Reactions to her divisive and fiercely political Twitter account became the catalyst for a string of problems at the Toronto Symphony.

Valentina Lisitsa's new album, <em>Chasing Pianos,</em> features music from Michael Nyman's score to the 1993 film <em>The Piano</em>.

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Valentina Lisitsa: Chasing Pianos And YouTube Fans

NPR Staff

The Ukrainian-born pianist revived her stalled career by uploading videos of herself to YouTube. After millions clicked, she landed a record deal. Her new album features film music by Michael Nyman.

Pianist Valentina Lisitsa, who jump-started her stalled-out career by posting videos on YouTube.

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The Classical Pianist With 55 Million YouTube Hits

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa decided to rev up her stalled-out career in a very 21st-century way: by putting up dozens of videos of herself playing core repertoire. Now she's a superstar by any traditional standard. Do her major-label recordings matter?