Classical Piano Music!

For anyone seeking the quintessential Chopin, his twenty-one Nocturnes are not only a study of the seal of compositional genius but also defines the complex and refined qualities of the composer’s unique understanding of the piano during a lifetime. Dumont’s clear understanding of simplicity and complexity this AVEA album (2017) will offer an appealing and intriguing experience for any listener. Read more...

Piano Street‘s David Wärn was present in Cremona and interviews will follow on pianostreet.com with, among others, Boris Berman — about the new multimedia edition of his Notes from the Pianist’s Bench — and Jura Margulis, about his collaboration with Steingraeber & Söhne, reinventing the sordino pedal and incorporating it into a modern grand piano. Read more...

Named the Mount Everest of piano concertos, Rachmaninoff’s third has enjoyed an increasing popularity among performers, piano competition contestants and in concert halls during the last twenty years. Also among recording labels where the long list of recordings now is expanded by contributions by a younger generation of top artists. Read more...

n the new edition of the Leeds International Piano Competition we have now enjoyed the diversity of the ten Semi-Finalists. Just in “the middle of the battle” Piano Street’s Patrick Jovell had the chance to ask the competition’s Co-Artistic Director, Adam Gatehouse a few questions. Read more...

Murray Perahia has spent a lot of time with Beethoven throughout his long and successful career. Still, it was only when he passed the 70-year mark that he felt ready to perform and record the “Hammerklavier” — a sonata which is something of the ultimate test of a pianist’s technique, stamina, and musical understanding. Read more...

The event started on 2 September, and thirty pianists aged 18 to 34 have played in the first round. They are playing on pianos from the collections of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute (Erards, Pleyels, and Broadwoods from the mid 19th century), as well as originals and copies of period instruments brought in by European restorers and collectors. Read more...

An ardent explorer of contemporary repertoire, Italian pianist Enrico Pompili has put the spotlight on for example Niccolò Castiglioni on the Brilliant label, Alberto Ginastera’s complete piano works, and works by Alberto Bonera. Read more...

Audiences can now enjoy the First Round performances of the 24 competitors who were selected from among 68 First Round pianists to go through to the next round in Leeds in September. Their progress can then be followed through 8 days of free live webcasts of the final rounds in Leeds between 6 to 15 September. Read more...

2018-10-19"We don’t play music because it's nice", she said. "We play it because we're sensitive human beings and we need music and art to make our life meaningful". Read more at heraldscotland.com

2018-10-18Kirill Gerstein has built an international career as a classical pianist, though jazz remains an important influence on his playing. Read more at ideastations.org

2018-10-17"Pianists definitely have a specific way of listening, which is rooted in the fact that we don't just play single lines. We play the entire harmonic structure of the pieces in our hand. Sometimes it means pianists tend to be bigger picture-musicians..." Read more at thegazette.com

2018-10-16This Piano Market report studies the global Piano market status and forecast, categorizes the global Piano market size (value & volume) by key players, type, application, and region. This report focuses on the top players in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and Middle East & Africa. Read more at digibulletin.com

2018-10-15Pianist Gary Graffman joined the Curtis family at the tender age of seven, when he was accepted as a student. Throughout a celebrated career as soloist, teacher, and administrator, he has left his mark on music through his own performances and those of his students. Read more at nytimes.com

2018-10-14"After our week with Drew, students approached the remainder of the semester with energy and enthusiasm. Students now realize that such mastery is a step-by-step process", Ratliff explained. Read more at uindy.edu

2018-10-13At the end, you have the sense of having undertaken an immense journey, across variegated landscapes, in the footsteps of a purposeful wanderer. Read more at newyorker.com

2018-10-12Wagner's favourite piano, is kept at the Richard Wagner Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland - along with the chair of Franz Liszt. Read more at classicfm.com