Classical Piano Music!

Hear Igor Levit’s encore at First Night of the Proms 2017. Liszt’s piano solo version of Ode to Joy from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Read more...

For the first time in the history of The Cliburn Competition, semifinalists were required to perform a Mozart concerto. This was not only based on the fact that the Cliburn Foundation’s CEO Jacques Marquis is a classical concerto fan, but rather from the aim of judging how competitors show musical maturity and the delicate world of the Austrian master. Read more...

The final round of quadrennial Van Cliburn Competition kicked off on Monday. The competition has moved into the 21st century. There are simulcasts on the competition’s website and the French classical music website medici.tv. Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe host the festivities. Read more...

Sir Andras Schiff's eloquence as a teacher and profound insights as a thinker about music make his Masterclass sessions irresistible to participants and audiences alike. Through the course of this event an outstanding young musician, chosen by Sir András himself, will explore some of the repertoire featured in the previous evening's concert. Read more...

A new issue of the magazine International Piano is out! Beatrice Rana, one of the brightest lights in a new generation of young stars, speaks to International Piano about her love of Bach’s Goldberg Variations; Bechstein’s new CEO brings energy and investment to the German piano-maker; our repertoire guide to Liszt’s otherworldly Bénédiction on disc; and Maurizio Pollini at 75. Read more...

In this video, eye-tracking glasses are used to show exactly where the gaze of a pianist is directed while playing. A professional concert pianist and his student take turns using the glasses, revealing interesting facts about how experience makes a great difference in terms of effective eye movement, both when playing from memory and from a piano score. Read more...

As part of its special day of programming for International Women’s Day, BBC Radio 3 broadcasted a live performance of the Easter Sonata, a major piano work which until recently had been attributed to Felix Mendelssohn, but is now proved to be the work of his sister Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel. Read more...

Chopin inspires musicians to greater artistry and, as Barenboim says in this video, makes them want to sound as if the music is simply emanating from them as light from a candle. In this ballade, Chopin also takes us on a leisurely stroll through his own private musical world. Read more...

2017-09-19Herbie Hancock has some great stories. He imparts his jazz wisdom to his students and colleagues, yet he also learns continuously. He realizes that everyone must be a lifelong learner to achieve success. Read more at thetahoeweekly.com

2017-09-18Gabriel Latchin loves jazz. To him, it combines the best aspects of Western classical music, the blues, and world music, seasons them with improvisational spontaneity, and delivers a sensational experience. Read more at maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk

2017-09-17His music is deceptively simple in both scope and directness. Beneath the veneer of popularity, however, lies an all-encompassing pathos with the capacity to move even the normally irrepressible Yuja Wang. Read more at scmp.com

2017-09-16Chelsea de Souza, along with her sister Chloe, entertain the neighbors multiple hours every day by playing Bach, Chopin, and Beethoven. They believe that making music should be a family affair to strength not only the familial bonds but also their own musicianship. Read more at dnaindia.com

2017-09-15It's one of those ultra-familiar pieces that anyone can hum it correctly. The funeral march of the second piano sonata, however, was so sad for Chopin himself that he refused to play it. Read more at scmp.com

2017-09-15Classical music doesn't have to go by the wayside. If the people and their government want to have a rich, scintillating society that encourages critical thinking and appreciation of music and the rest of the arts, supporting classical music listening and education is the greatest possible first step. Read more at cremonamusica.com

2017-09-14He is Romania's most famous composer. Pianist Raluca Stirbat is one of the country's performing musical treasures. Stirbat has recorded a true 'Complete Works of Enescu', including the almost unknown Sonatensatz in F sharp minor. The piece was worked into a later sonata, but its charm and pathos as a 'piece of a sonata' are undeniable. Read more at romania-insider.com

2017-09-13Miki Sawada wants to lead people to a place in their lives where they can eschew politics and hate and just gather around a piano to experience to joy of music. She wishes she could travel with something as small as a violin, but she perseveres with her beloved piano in tow in a van. She is criss-crossing Alaska bringing people together. Read more at newsminer.com