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Warsaw is once again gearing up for one of its annual musical highlights. The 21st edition of the Chopin and His Europe Festival kicked off on 20 August and runs until 6 September, packing in 29 concerts featuring a mix of world-renowned soloists, orchestras, and chamber ensembles. Read more
For piano lovers, the Verbier Festival 2025 again shaped up to be a dream come true. This summer, the festival was rolling out one of its most interesting piano lineups yet, blending household names, rising stars, and even a little jazz for good measure. This compilation video provides a captivating glimpse into the festival’s diverse performances, featuring 20 minutes of piano excellence. Read more
The piano world is buzzing with excitement this summer. As we predicted, recent media channels have been dominated by news and updates from three of the world’s most prestigious piano competitions: Chopin, Cliburn, and Queen Elisabeth. In its recent issue, the magazine “The World of Piano Competitions” dedicated a special feature to the Queen Elisabeth Competition Read more
A new recording of Florence Price’s Piano Concerto shines new light on the pioneering composer’s legacy. In this interview, Piano Street talks to pianist Han Chen, who reflects on Price’s fusion of Romantic and African American idioms, and the personal journey of interpreting her music for modern audiences. Read more
The World of Piano Competitions is a magazine initiated by PIANIST Magazine (Netherlands and Germany) and its Editor-in-Chief Eric Schoones. Here we get a rich insight into the world of international piano competitions through the eyes of its producers and participants. Read more
Piano News Flash
2025-09-18
Anna Geniushene’s latest album features early Op. 1 works by various composers. She discusses her passion for storytelling, competition successes, and staying authentic. Her natural musicianship shines through her recordings and YouTube performances, reflecting her Moscow and London training.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
Anna Geniushene on the Line
Anna Geniushene’s latest album features early Op. 1 works by various composers. She discusses her passion for storytelling, competition successes, and staying authentic. Her natural musicianship shines through her recordings and YouTube performances, reflecting her Moscow and London training.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
2025-09-17
The Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press, supported by the Shanghai Municipal Chinese Culture Going Global Special Fund, has expanded international reach with its Selected Chinese Piano Pieces project and 2025 Music Traveler European Tour, combining publication, performance, and education.
Read at citybuzz.co
Chinese Piano Music
The Shanghai Conservatory of Music Press, supported by the Shanghai Municipal Chinese Culture Going Global Special Fund, has expanded international reach with its Selected Chinese Piano Pieces project and 2025 Music Traveler European Tour, combining publication, performance, and education.
Read at citybuzz.co
2025-09-16
In Episode 5 of Season 2, Ben Laude and Garrick Ohlsson explore Chopin’s sonatas with guests Yulianna Avdeeva, Martín García García, and Jeffrey Kallberg, concluding with Jed Distler’s recommended recordings of these multi-movement masterpieces.
Read at chopinpodcast.com
The Chopin Podcast: Sonatas
In Episode 5 of Season 2, Ben Laude and Garrick Ohlsson explore Chopin’s sonatas with guests Yulianna Avdeeva, Martín García García, and Jeffrey Kallberg, concluding with Jed Distler’s recommended recordings of these multi-movement masterpieces.
Read at chopinpodcast.com
2025-09-15
At 20, Adrian Mann began building the 5.7-metre Alexander piano, completing it in 2009 after four years. Once the world’s longest piano, it became a remarkable experiment embraced by many distinguished artists for its unique sound.
Read at thepress.co.nz
The Largest Piano
At 20, Adrian Mann began building the 5.7-metre Alexander piano, completing it in 2009 after four years. Once the world’s longest piano, it became a remarkable experiment embraced by many distinguished artists for its unique sound.
Read at thepress.co.nz
2025-09-14
Some lives seem destined; most unfold through circumstance. For Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, born in St. Petersburg in 1906, the “accident” of his time and place defined him. Shostakovich came of age amid revolution, ideology, and the rise of mass media, forces that shaped him into one of the 20th century’s greatest and most emblematic composers.
Read at bandcamp.com
Forceful Soviet Impact
Some lives seem destined; most unfold through circumstance. For Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, born in St. Petersburg in 1906, the “accident” of his time and place defined him. Shostakovich came of age amid revolution, ideology, and the rise of mass media, forces that shaped him into one of the 20th century’s greatest and most emblematic composers.
Read at bandcamp.com
2025-09-13
French composer Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), member of Les Six, pioneered polytonality, jazz, and experimental techniques. Prolific and eclectic, he placed the piano at the heart of his output, embodying rhythmic vitality, harmonic innovation, and cross-cultural influences.
Read at interlude.hk
A 20th Century Visionary
French composer Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), member of Les Six, pioneered polytonality, jazz, and experimental techniques. Prolific and eclectic, he placed the piano at the heart of his output, embodying rhythmic vitality, harmonic innovation, and cross-cultural influences.
Read at interlude.hk
2025-09-12
The Chopin Competition opens on 2 October with a festive Inaugural Concert. Four past prize-winners join the Warsaw Philharmonic under Andrzej Boreyko, performing Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Bach, and Chopin’s Polonaise in A major in orchestral arrangement.
Read at polskieradio.pl
Warsaw Winners' Opening Concert
The Chopin Competition opens on 2 October with a festive Inaugural Concert. Four past prize-winners join the Warsaw Philharmonic under Andrzej Boreyko, performing Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Bach, and Chopin’s Polonaise in A major in orchestral arrangement.
Read at polskieradio.pl
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Sir Stephen Hough, Piano Concerto
From Lighthouse, Poole. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under Mark Wigglesworth.
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Latest Piano Albums
2025-09-18
Arielle Beck:
Moons and Flames is Arielle Beck's first album, recorded at the age of 15. Already in 2018, she received special recognition for her precocious talent as a recipient of the First Grand Prize at the International Young Chopin Competition in Switzerland, chaired by Martha Argerich. Alongside Schumann's Humoresque and Brahms' Op. 76, she performs her own set of Variations on a theme by Schumann.
Listen on NML >
Arielle Beck:
Des lunes et des feux
Moons and Flames is Arielle Beck's first album, recorded at the age of 15. Already in 2018, she received special recognition for her precocious talent as a recipient of the First Grand Prize at the International Young Chopin Competition in Switzerland, chaired by Martha Argerich. Alongside Schumann's Humoresque and Brahms' Op. 76, she performs her own set of Variations on a theme by Schumann.
Listen on NML >
2025-09-14
Daan Vandewalle:
Composed between 2006 and 2010, Frederic Rzewski’s Nanosonatas are a cycle of 56 brief piano pieces, structured into eight books. Echoes of Scarlatti, Schumann, Shostakovich, folk tunes, protest songs, and even boxing gestures all contribute to a vivid and unpredictable sound world, resisting closure while reflecting on time, memory, and fragility.
Listen on NML >
Daan Vandewalle:
Rzewski – Nano Sonatas
Composed between 2006 and 2010, Frederic Rzewski’s Nanosonatas are a cycle of 56 brief piano pieces, structured into eight books. Echoes of Scarlatti, Schumann, Shostakovich, folk tunes, protest songs, and even boxing gestures all contribute to a vivid and unpredictable sound world, resisting closure while reflecting on time, memory, and fragility.
Listen on NML >
2025-09-07
Javier Perianes:
Javier Perianes has developed a diverse discography ranging from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, and Bartók to Blasco de Nebra, Mompou, Falla, Granados, and Turina. Here he presents a selection of sonatas by his adoptive compatriot Domenico Scarlatti, revealing the richness and inventiveness of the master harpsichordist's musical language.
Listen on NML >
Javier Perianes:
Scarlatti
Javier Perianes has developed a diverse discography ranging from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Grieg, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, and Bartók to Blasco de Nebra, Mompou, Falla, Granados, and Turina. Here he presents a selection of sonatas by his adoptive compatriot Domenico Scarlatti, revealing the richness and inventiveness of the master harpsichordist's musical language.
Listen on NML >
2025-09-04
Alexander Gadjiev:
On his new album, centered around Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Gadjiev asks himself how music can evoke stories, sometimes from times so distant that they seem almost arcane to us. "It is precisely this fascination that led me to conceive of such an extreme selection of pieces, retracing musical experiences that perhaps most closely approach the limits of what humans can express through sound."
Listen on NML >
Alexander Gadjiev:
Legends
On his new album, centered around Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Gadjiev asks himself how music can evoke stories, sometimes from times so distant that they seem almost arcane to us. "It is precisely this fascination that led me to conceive of such an extreme selection of pieces, retracing musical experiences that perhaps most closely approach the limits of what humans can express through sound."
Listen on NML >
Piano Street Site Updates
29 March 2025:
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.