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The World of Piano Competitions â issue 2 2020
As a collaborating partner Piano Street is proud to present the forth issue of The World of Piano Competitions. Here we get a rich insight into the world of international piano competitions through the eyes of its producers and participants. Read more...
The Goldberg Variations Streamed from Bach's Church in Leipzig
On Thursday November 19 all fans of great piano music have the opportunity to hear a once in a lifetime live concert with Lang Lang performing the Goldberg Variations streamed from J.S. Bach's Leipzig church. The stream will take place on DG Stage, a new video music service for classical concert streams from Deutsche Grammophon. Read more...
A Scottish-Viennese Odyssey
When Dutch pianist Ronald Brautigam was in Sweden in September to play two piano concertos with Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, we talked with the performer in the midst of rehearsal. The concert was recorded for Helsingborg Concert Hall Play series and - according to Brautigam - Sally Beamish's 1st piano concerto named "Hill Stanzas" and Mozart's 17th, make a very fine musical combination in a concert program. Read more...
A Livestreamed Chopin Celebration in Warsaw
While the 18th Chopin Competition in Warsaw is postponed until 2021, the Chopin Institute will not leave the piano world lot-less. Beginning October 1st the Institute will celebrate Chopin's music and pianism through a series of piano masters' recitals and chamber concerts by a wonderful lineup of some of the most outstanding pianists of the previous editions of the competition. Read more...
Igor Levit - Reaching Out, Looking Inwards
On "Encounter", Igor Levit has recorded a selection of the pieces he played in his spontaneous, live-streamed performances during this spring's lockdown. The result is an album marked by a desire for human and spiritual love and togetherness. Read more...
Ten Days, Five Concertos - Bezuidenhout's Beethoven Challenge
Kristian Bezuidenhout, Pablo Heras-Casado and the Freiburger Barockorchester have made an exciting period-instrument trilogy of Beethoven's Piano Concertos that looks likely to become a landmark recording. All five concertos were recorded during an intense ten-day session. Read more...
An Uncancelled Beethoven Celebration
In this interview with Konstantin Scherbakov, the phenomenal performer shares his experiences derived from a lifelong relationship with the composer, on stage, in the recording studio and as an influential tutor. In this first part of the interview we get to learn about Scherbakov's year of celebration and complete sonatas recording project. Read more...
Lang Lang Takes On The Goldberg
After extensive preparation and years of living with the piece, Lang Lang premiered J.S. Bach's opus magna on March 1 at the Kurhaus Wiesbaden. Follow along behind the scenes during Lang Lang's premiere of the work, his first solo recital in three years. Read more... More articles >> Top picks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2020-11-27
French Wins 2021 Young Soloists Prize The French-language Public Service Media's Music Commission awarded its 2021 Young Soloists Prize to 23-year-old pianist Rodolphe Menguy. Read more at ebu.ch
2020-11-26
Baltic Optimism! Despite cancellations last summer Riga Jurmala is forging onwards and the Festival recently announced its vast programme for the upcoming summer festival 2021. Read more at bachtrack.com
2020-11-25
Pianists in Grammy Lineup Pianists are to be found among this year's Grammy nominees and the category Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Kirill Gerstein, Igor Levit and Daniil Trifonov. Gerstein is also nominated in the category Best Contemporary Classical Composition in
Ades Piano Concerto. Read more at grammy.com
2020-11-24
Sunwoo Yekwon's New Mozart Pianist Sunwoo Yekwon conquered a series of international competitions, including the Van Cliburn in 2017 and is now back with his first new album "Mozart" with Decca, in three years. Read more at koreaherald.com
2020-11-23
Pianist is BBC Young Jazz Musician 2020 Deschanel Gordon, a 22-year-old pianist has been named the BBC Young Jazz Musician for 2020. Gordon won the title after five finalists performed 15-minute sets, broadcast on BBC Four. Read more at londonjazznews.com
2020-11-22
Recording of the Year? Limelight Magazine's Instrumental Recording of the Year 2020 was a highly competitive field, one that included Paul Wee, Paul Lewis, Stephen Hough, Igor Levit and Vikingur Olafsson. Who won? Read more at limelightmagazine.com.au
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FREE livestream: 2020-11-29 20:00:00 GMT
Kenny Broberg, Performance From Cliburn Masterpiece series. J.S. Bach Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911. Listen at youtube.com
FREE livestream: 2020-12-05 00:30:00 GMT
Inon Barnatan, Piano Concerto From Detroit Orchestra Hall. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 with Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Enrique Mazzola. Listen at dso.org
FREE livestream: 2020-12-05 01:00:00 GMT
Dominic Cheli, Lecture/Recital From The Frances Clark Center in collaboration with the American Pianists Association. Listen at claviercompanion.com
FREE livestream: 2020-12-06 01:00:00 GMT
Awadagin Pratt, Piano Concerto From Music Hall Concerts, Cincinatti. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 12 with Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra under Louis Langree. Listen at cincinnatisymphony.org
FREE livestream: 2020-12-09 19:30:00 GMT
Paul Lewis, Recital From, Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Haydn and Beethoven. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
FREE livestream: 2020-12-11 01:00:00 GMT
Yefim Bronfman, Piano Concerto From Philadelphia. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 with Philadelphia Orchestra under Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Listen at phiiorch.org
FREE livestream: 2020-12-13 20:00:00 GMT
Daniel Hsu, Performance From Cliburn Masterpiece series. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition. Listen at youtube.com
FREE livestream: 2020-12-13 20:00:00 GMT
Jeremy Denk, Recital From 92Y in New York City. Works by Mozart
Blind Tom, Joplin, Leon, Rzewski and Beethoven. Listen at 902y.org
FREE livestream: 2020-12-19 01:00:00 GMT
Michael Davidman, Lecture/Recital From The Frances Clark Center in collaboration with the American Pianists Association. Listen at claviercompanion.com
FREE livestream: 2020-12-19 18:00:00 GMT
Seong-Jin Cho, Piano Concerto From Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall. Liszt Piano Concerto No. 2 with Berliner Philharmoniker under Ivan Fischer. Listen at digitalconcerthall.com
2020-11-27
Philippe Guilhon-Herbert:
Rameau/Liszt/Debussy
 In his previous solo work, Philippe Guilhon-Herbert has focused on core repertoire from the Romantic and Modern eras - his releases on the Artalinna label has been of music by Shubert, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky. Here he adds a Baroque perspective, playing Rameau along with Liszt and Debussy. Listen on NML >
2020-11-25
Nelly Akopian-Tamarina:
Slavonic Reflections
 Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, once hailed as one of the brightest hopes of Russian pianism, was later obstructed from giving concerts by the Soviet authorities. After moving to the West, she won a devoted following, but her discography has remained very small. Between 2008 and 2010 she gave a trilogy of recitals at London's Wigmore Hall, parts of which can be heard on this album. Listen on NML >
2020-11-24
Yoko Hirota:
Small is Beautiful
 Yoko Hirota has six previous contemporary albums under her belt, showing her unique grasp of the modernist musical language. The track list of this album reads like a compendium of compositional celebrities of the 20th century: Schoenberg, Krenek, Ligeti, Berio, Carter... An index of contemporary piano composition and its roots, all the more exhaustive because of the shortness of the pieces: between 31 seconds and six-and-a-half minutes. Listen on NML >
2020-11-22
Nikolai Lugansky:
Beethoven - Sonatas opp. 101, 109 & 111
 Nicolai Lugansky recorded his first Beethoven album in 2005, but has always been better known as a great interpreter of Romantic repertoire. It's only recently that he has found a real love for Beethoven. "Every year, I discover more layers of meaning in his music. It’s an incredibly rich world that shows how, even in the most tragic of situations, a person can still find the inner strength to go on." Listen on NML >
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