LOLA ASTANOVA has a new mentor. Classical piano legend Byron Janis has taken the young virtuoso under his wing and personally chosen the Russian beauty to perform when the Yamaha Music and Wellness ...

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Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Classical pianist virtuoso, Lola Astanova, will bring her unique style, emotional ...

As I descended the dimly lit stairwell, I could hear that someone was playing the piano. I walked out onto the stage of The Jacobs Music Center and there was Lola Astanova — practicing. Ms. Astanova ...

Something awful almost happened in Friday’s otherwise well-played San Diego Symphony Masterworks Series concert at Jacobs Music Center. Piano soloist Lola Astanova almost played a third encore. You ...

NO CLEAVAGE FOR THE FOURTH: Partial to five-inch heels and micro minidresses, classical pianist Lola Astanova is not amused when people suggest her style might be distracting to her performance. “It’s ...

Pianist Lola Astanova plays excerpts from her debut recording in KUHF’s Performance Studio. The CD was recorded by KUHF and is now available on iTunes. Ms. Astanova will also be the soloist, ...

She throws herself into her performances with the ecstasy of a lover and wears spike heels and form-fitting dresses slit half-way up her thigh. Lola Astanova is not your typical Palm Beach Symphony ...

Sporting sex appeal and $850,000 worth to Tiffany jewels, sultry pianist Lola Astanova rocked Carnegie Hall Thursday night. In her debut performance at the iconic W. 57th St. concert hall, the 26-year ...

, a young pianist with an endearing flair for old-time showmanship, was the featured performer at a benefit for the American Cancer Society the other night at Carnegie Hall. Shooting her arms in the ...

For the first half of its final seasonal concert, the Palm Beach Symphony welcomed a fiery young Uzbek pianist who blazed her way through the Rachmaninov Second Concerto, and in the second half, the ...