Rachmaninoff & Hofmann
- Blue Pumpkin
- Feb 18
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 19
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s tribute to Josef Hofmann, in dedicating his third piano concerto to him. Who was the first British pianist to play this notoriously difficult concerto? Clue? He was a pupil of Leopold Godowsky in Berlin and was from Liverpool. He also taught Simon Rattle.
