Classical Piano Music!

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...

The Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda has previously recorded Mendelssohn’s complete piano works. Now he is embarking on a new, slightly less encyclopedic but equally ambitious project, that of recording Mozart’s complete sonatas. Read more...

The Swiss physicist and Chopin connoisseur Alain Kohler, already known for discovering in a private German home a Pleyel piano that once belonged to Frédéric Chopin, has made another sensational find. Kohler, together with Gilles Bencimon of Radio France Internationale, recently announced that they have unearthed a new, previously unknown photograph of Chopin. Read more...

In the January-February 2017 issue French superstar pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet brings erudition, insight and boundless energy to his complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas. Jeremy Nicholas can’t help but finding himself bowled over by the Gallic charm and boundless enthusiasm of this unique and stimulating talent. Read more...

2017-05-26Even at the Chopin Competition, pianists have to worry about their instruments being in tune. The tuners who are hired to maintain the pianos at this prestigious event are every bit the masters that the pianists themselves are. There is a competition within a competition as the tuners vie to convince the soloists to use their instruments. Read more at nhk.or.jp

2017-05-26Nine hours to go. Warp speed piano up on eBay. Hear Sonya Belousova who is the fastest hunk-o-junk in the galaxy according to Lando Calrissian. Read more at nerdist.com

2017-05-25Imagine growing up being a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo. Now, think about what it would be like to play soccer and score with a pair of football boots that belonged to Ronaldo. That's how James Rhodes felt when he was asked if he wanted to play Glenn Gould's practice grand piano. Rhodes admitted to being a complete piano 'geek' and that he worshiped the Canadian icon during his childhood Read more at cbc.ca

2017-05-24Imagine having the sound of a Boesendorfer without having to shell out a quarter million dollars. That's Yamaha's claim regarding its new Clavinova. Of particular note is the projected resonance of the electronic sound, which emulates acoustic instruments superbly. Read more at rhinegold.co.uk

2017-05-24Five more days to go. Pianist Antonio Iturrioz seeks to embark on a project describing a journey through 150 years of music that started with a 19th Century American pianist-composer visiting Havana and a 21st Century Cuban pianist who came to America telling the story. Read more at crosseyedpianist.com

2017-05-23Conrad Tao never amalgamates his musical philosophies when it comes to old and new music. Instead, he borrows ideas from his perception of older music to bolster and develop his ideas regarding new music Read more at siouxcityjournal.com

2017-05-22Marc-Andre Hamelin makes the point that musicians should never elevate themselves above the composers whose music they play. The music is the thing, after all, maintains Hamelin, and the musician is simply there to act as the 'go-between'. Read more at wbur.org

2017-05-21Imagine being universally judged as the best. Further, imagine that your success and influence are the reasons for such unanimous acclaim. That's Nadia Boulanger, who taught a great many superb musicians in the 20th century. She had the unique ability to cultivate each students personal voice even if the person didn't realize that that voice was. Read more at bbc.com