Hate speech, or freedom of speech? An image supporting the pianist Valentina Lisitsa, whose graphic and earthy Twitter feed led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra to remove her from this week’s concerts.

‘Done is better than perfect” was the motto of the mid-aughts. Adopters of this Internet maxim won their place atop the search and social heap. Such an approach to success seems antithetical to ...

SOFIA -- After embracing Russia's war on Ukraine, Valentina Lisitsa, a Kyiv-born classical pianist and the self-styled "Queen of Rachmaninoff," has seen her concerts canceled around the world. But not ...

But with so much available to watch and hear free, what's the point of recording and selling music? For Lisitsa, it's an "investment in the future." Her YouTube channel has helped her book concerts ...

Let’s talk about this piano soloist and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO). I know a conductor who swore in rehearsal and, if the musicians who were present have anything to say about it, he won’t ...

Valentina Lisitsa is a pianist whose worldwide reputation was built on social media. She is now experiencing a major backlash due to what she's been writing on Twitter. It came to a head with the ...

Will Valentina Lisitsa be remembered as the classical pianist with “the ugly tweets” or the pianist “who fought and perished for freedom of speech?” That’s what the Ukrainian-American artist was ...

For one week during the World Cup, Valentina Lisitsa put a webcam in her practice studio in North Carolina. For 12 to 14 hours a day (her usual practice time), anyone could go to Ustream and watch the ...

The arts like to pride themselves on being "challenging". They "speak truth to power" – meaning not just political power, but the power of received, lazy ways of thinking and feeling. People in the ...

The pianist Valentina Lisitsa is contemplating her unlikely resurrection. 'You know with my career, what is happening with YouTube and all this stuff, it’s amazing because in the age of child ...

The Ukrainian-born pianist revived her stalled career by uploading videos of herself to YouTube. After millions clicked, she landed a record deal.... Valentina Lisitsa: Chasing Pianos And YouTube Fans ...