Orion Weiss was one of the youngest “pretwinklers” (beginning students) in the history of the Preucil School. His teacher, Mary Manulik, remarked at the time that he loved to play the piano and didn’t ...

Mariam Batsashvili, the young virtuosa pianist from Georgia, is a star. No doubt about that. Trained at the Liszt Academy in Weimar and winner of the International Franz Liszt Competition for Young ...

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At age 18, Weiss made his Cleveland Orchestra debut performing Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1. The next month, with less than 24 hours’ notice, he stepped in to replace Andre Watts for a ...