Villa Senar is not only a remarkable piece of architecture. It is also the house that one of the greatest composers of the 20th century...

Sergei Rachmaninoff's superb recording of his 2th pianoconcerto 1929 (fully restored 3d-sound). The Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold...

Conductors Gianandrea Noseda & Antonio Pappano and pianist Yuja Wang tell us how a visit to Villa Senar, Rachmaninoff's holiday retreat...

Today (6 December 2021) the parliament of the canton of Lucerne has voted in favor of the purchase of Rachmaninoff's former holiday...

BREAKING NEWS: The canton of Lucerne (Switserland) wants to buy Villa SENAR, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s retreat near Lake Lucerne for 15,45...

The autograph manuscripts of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody Opus 43 and his Third Symphony Opus 44 have returned to Villa Senar...

LIMITED EDITION CD LUZERNER SINFONIEORCHESTER SHOWCASES RACHMANINOFF’s OWN STEINWAY & UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SENAR A brand new CD from...

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s life was brutally uprooted three times. First in childhood, then in the prime of his life, and, finally, at the...

Rare find: First page of Sergei Rachmaninoff's original application form for American Citizenship, dated January 11, 1939. Occupation:...

Dedicated score to Sergei Rachmaninoff by Ignaz Friedman in 1936

In the coming days Marston Records will mail copies of their new three-disc set entitled “Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances” to...

Rachmaninoff had what today we call endorsement deals. Steinway, of course, and for record and piano roll companies amongst which His...

From an Edison advertisement in 1920, photo taken in Sergei Rachmaninoff's house in New York City while recording Liszt's Second...

December 2017

Last week we were working at Senar, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s former estate on Lake Lucerne where the mammoth project of archiving all...

Sergei Rachmaninoff sends the conductor Dimitri Mitropoulos a score of his Symphonic Dances opus 45, in 1941. A live recording of...

For the third time this year we are at Villa Senar (near Lucern) to continue our work on the artifacts and documents. Now, at the quiet...

PRESS RELEASE The country estate of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff on Lake Lucerne (Switzerland) named 'Senar', is due to...