In Florence around 1700, the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori made a breakthrough now credited with paving the way towards the modern piano ... of Mozart's music is the clarity ...

As well as being a solo instrument, the piano can be found playing a range of music in the symphony orchestra, most commonly in virtuosic concertos. History The piano is a keyboard instrument ...

It's one of the Piano Room's most remarkable song transformations. Mercury Music Prize winner Benjamin Clementine performs Gone in Radio 2's Piano Room Some music attains its power by being ...