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The motivations for learning the piano are diverse, ranging from personal enjoyment to cultural appreciation and professional aspirations. While some see it as a way to connect with cultural heritage, others pursue it as a path to fame and fortune. In the movie “Piano Dreams” director Gary Lennon documents the struggles and sacrifices of three wannabe piano stars in modern China. Read more
Celebrating its 20th anniversary the festival “Chopin and His Europe” included the thematic title “And the Rest of the World”, featuring world-renowned pianists and international and national top ensembles and orchestras. As usual the event explored Chopin's music through diverse perspectives, spanning four centuries of repertoire. Piano Street presents a selection of concerts videos including an interview with the festival’s founder, Chopin Institute’s Stanislaw Leszczynski. Read more
If you’re in the market for a piano, be cautious of a new scam that’s targeting music lovers, businesses, schools, and churches. Scammers are offering “free” pianos but with hidden fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars and, as you may have guessed, the piano will never be delivered. Read more
Piano Street’s digital sheet music library is constantly growing. With the additions made during the past months, we now offer the complete solo piano works by sixteen of the most famous Classical, Romantic and Impressionist composers in the web’s most pianist friendly user interface. Read more
The great early 20th-century composer Alexander Scriabin left us 74 published opuses, and several unpublished manuscripts, mainly from his teenage years – when he would never go to bed without first putting a copy of Chopin’s music under his pillow. All of these scores (220 pieces in total) can now be found on Piano Street’s Scriabin page. Read more
Piano News Flash
2024-10-19
Pianist Pallavi Mahidhara is the Executive Producer, Writer, and Host of "The Conscious Artist," a podcast dedicated to mental health awareness for performing artists. She is also the Second Prize winner and Young Audience Award winner of the 69th Geneva International Piano Competition and the VI International Prokofiev Competition.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
Pianist on Mental Health
Pianist Pallavi Mahidhara is the Executive Producer, Writer, and Host of "The Conscious Artist," a podcast dedicated to mental health awareness for performing artists. She is also the Second Prize winner and Young Audience Award winner of the 69th Geneva International Piano Competition and the VI International Prokofiev Competition.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
2024-10-18
The Preservation Hall Foundation will honor Japanese pianist Mari Watanabe with a Legacy Award for her significant contributions to jazz heritage and the New Orleans community. Watanabe, a Tokyo native who moved to New Orleans in 1985, will be the first Japanese recipient of this prestigious award.
Read at nippon.com
Japanese Jazz Honors
The Preservation Hall Foundation will honor Japanese pianist Mari Watanabe with a Legacy Award for her significant contributions to jazz heritage and the New Orleans community. Watanabe, a Tokyo native who moved to New Orleans in 1985, will be the first Japanese recipient of this prestigious award.
Read at nippon.com
2024-10-18
Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva bravely tackles Prokofiev's demanding Second Piano Concerto. In this nearly 30-minute work, the pianist rarely rests. Despite its technical challenges, the concerto's popularity has grown in recent years, with numerous recordings available.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
Chochieva Talks Prokofiev
Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva bravely tackles Prokofiev's demanding Second Piano Concerto. In this nearly 30-minute work, the pianist rarely rests. Despite its technical challenges, the concerto's popularity has grown in recent years, with numerous recordings available.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
2024-10-17
Yuja Wang has signed with Askonas Holt and Opus 3 Artists for general management. She will be represented by Ruby Robinson, Donagh Collins, and Phillippa Cole.
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Yuja Turns Page
Yuja Wang has signed with Askonas Holt and Opus 3 Artists for general management. She will be represented by Ruby Robinson, Donagh Collins, and Phillippa Cole.
Read at theviolinchannel.com/
2024-10-16
Yulianna Avdeeva recently released her album "Chopin: Voyage". This month, she performs Bernstein with the Minnesota Orchestra and Chopin and Liszt at Carnegie Hall. In this interview, Avdeeva discusses the challenges of her career, playing Horowitz's piano, and finding inspiration in even the most unexpected places.
Read at interlude.hk
Interview with Yulianna Avdeeva
Yulianna Avdeeva recently released her album "Chopin: Voyage". This month, she performs Bernstein with the Minnesota Orchestra and Chopin and Liszt at Carnegie Hall. In this interview, Avdeeva discusses the challenges of her career, playing Horowitz's piano, and finding inspiration in even the most unexpected places.
Read at interlude.hk
2024-10-15
Many believe they can tune pianos themselves, often purchasing low-quality tuning levers online. While higher-quality levers offer versatility, tuning requires skill and extensive practice. Digital instruments and electronic music are gaining popularity, but according to Chris Steedman, they lack the authentic sound and feel of traditional pianos.
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A Piano Tuner Talk
Many believe they can tune pianos themselves, often purchasing low-quality tuning levers online. While higher-quality levers offer versatility, tuning requires skill and extensive practice. Digital instruments and electronic music are gaining popularity, but according to Chris Steedman, they lack the authentic sound and feel of traditional pianos.
Read at brignews.com
2024-10-15
Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata is his longest piano sonata and, in his opinion, his finest. He began composing it in or around December 1817, following a year-long creative hiatus caused by a previous illness.
Read at pianistmagazine.com
Hamelin on the Hammerklavier
Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata is his longest piano sonata and, in his opinion, his finest. He began composing it in or around December 1817, following a year-long creative hiatus caused by a previous illness.
Read at pianistmagazine.com
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2024-10-21
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko:
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko won this year's Leeds Piano competition after performing Brahms' second Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the final round. On this album are a selection of recordings taken from the previous competition rounds including Chopin's Scherzo No. 1, Ravel's Miroirs, and two Ligeti Études.
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Jaeden Izik-Dzurko:
Leeds 2024 – Chopin, Ravel, Ligeti
Jaeden Izik-Dzurko won this year's Leeds Piano competition after performing Brahms' second Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in the final round. On this album are a selection of recordings taken from the previous competition rounds including Chopin's Scherzo No. 1, Ravel's Miroirs, and two Ligeti Études.
Listen on NML >
2024-10-18
Eloïse Bella Kohn:
When Eloïse Bella Kohn first discovered Massenet's almost completely forgotten Piano Concerto in 2021, she immediately felt it was high time it had a renaissance. On her first album with orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Christoph Koncz), she pairs it with one of the most celebrated works of French piano literature, Ravel's Concerto in G.
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Eloïse Bella Kohn:
Parisienne – Massenet, Ravel
When Eloïse Bella Kohn first discovered Massenet's almost completely forgotten Piano Concerto in 2021, she immediately felt it was high time it had a renaissance. On her first album with orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin and conductor Christoph Koncz), she pairs it with one of the most celebrated works of French piano literature, Ravel's Concerto in G.
Listen on NML >
2024-10-16
Igor Levit:
This triple album, recorded in the historic Vienna Musikverein, features Johannes Brahms' two piano concertos, performed by pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Christian Thielemann, and the composer's late piano pieces Opp. 116–119. As a special encore Levit and Thielemann also play the four-hand Brahms Waltz op. 39/15 together.
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Igor Levit:
Brahms
This triple album, recorded in the historic Vienna Musikverein, features Johannes Brahms' two piano concertos, performed by pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Christian Thielemann, and the composer's late piano pieces Opp. 116–119. As a special encore Levit and Thielemann also play the four-hand Brahms Waltz op. 39/15 together.
Listen on NML >
2024-10-14
Roger Muraro:
Franz Liszt was twenty-four when he began composing the Années de pèlerinage, and would continue to work on the cycle for the rest of his life. As Liszt himself declared, it aims to express – more than words, more than images – an ineffable poetry of sound. After devoting the last few years to contemporary music, Roger Muraro now gives renewed priority to the Romantic repertory.
Listen on NML >
Roger Muraro:
Liszt – Années de pèlerinage
Franz Liszt was twenty-four when he began composing the Années de pèlerinage, and would continue to work on the cycle for the rest of his life. As Liszt himself declared, it aims to express – more than words, more than images – an ineffable poetry of sound. After devoting the last few years to contemporary music, Roger Muraro now gives renewed priority to the Romantic repertory.
Listen on NML >
Piano Street Site Updates
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.
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.