Music Writer and Pianist

Stuart Isacoff

1 article 2017

Stuart Isacoff is a pianist, author, and music journalist known for his writings on classical music and piano history. He is the founder of Piano Today magazine and the author of several books, including 'When the World Stopped to Listen' about Van Cliburn's historic 1958 Moscow concert. He contributed a piece to The Weekly Standard on Van Cliburn's legendary triumph in Cold War-era Russia.

When Van Cliburn Ruled Moscow

June 8, 2017 · Today's Blogs, Conservative Newsstand, Magazine

The determination to better relations between Washington and Moscow seems an ever more elusive goal. Yet this year's quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, now underway, rekindles memories of the time when just a reset did occur, during the darkest days of the Cold…