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German Piano Award 2019
Frankfurt Musikmesse kicked off its 2019 edition by presenting the 9th edition of The International German Piano Award’s Grand-Prix-Final Concerts. This year’s winner in the finals at Alte Oper Frankfurt on March 31 was South Korean pianist Jeung Beum Sohn. Read more...
Build a Paper Piano with Nintendo Labo!
Not enough space for a piano? A foldable paper piano may solve that particular problem but don’t expect to play your favourite piano pieces on it. Read more...
Keep Track of the Latest Piano Albums with Piano Street
Piano Street’s mission is to promote classical piano music, and we are always looking for new ways to enable you to listen, learn, and play. There’s no question that piano playing is thriving all over the world, and on the World Wide Web – just look at the flood of new recordings, videos, and streamed concerts constantly available just a few clicks away. Read more...
Chopin and His Europe
The whole piano world is teaming up for the 18th International Chopin Competition to be held in Warsaw, 2 to 23 October 2020. Stanislaw Leszczynski of The Chopin Institute talked to Piano Street’s Patrick Jovell at the Philharmonie in Warsaw. Read more...
Claire Huangci's Complete Perspective: The Rachmaninoff Preludes
Pianist Claire Huangci, winner of the Geza Anda Competition 2018, just played in New York celebrating the launch of her new Rachmaninoff Preludes album on Berlin Classics. Like her complete Chopin Nocturnes album before that – for the same label – the complete Rachmaninoff 24 Preludes has been received with great acclaim internationally. Piano Street asked the ever touring pianist a few questions about her latest release. Read more...
Digital Piano? Oh No – 100% Analogue!
What happens when innovative acoustical ideas come across a vintage broken piano? Well, Ukrainian musicians transformed it into a unique and completely analog hybrid of 20 different instruments that are each connected and controlled by the piano keys. Read more...
Igor Levit’s Eternal Transcendence: “Life”
Igor Levit’s acclaimed album “Life” has attracted a lot of attention and its selected works have also been included in Levit’s recent recital programs worldwide. This is a profound, versatile and firm reaction to the death and loss of his best friend reflecting inner calm elaborating on an existential level. Read more...
Piano Street’s Top Picks of 2018
We start the new year with a list of highly recommended reading from Piano Street. These are the 12 most read, discussed or shared articles of 2018. Read more... More articles >> Top picks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2019-04-19
Mozart and Passion to China Khatia Buniatishvili's Hong Kong performances are a part of her international concerts in support of her new Schubert album. Read more at scmp.com
2019-04-18
Giltburg Exploring Rachmaninov
Boris Giltburg presents and discusses his latest release and exploration; Sergei Rachmaninov's 24 Preludes (Naxos). Watch now at youtube.com
2019-04-18
Lisitsa's Tchaikovsky Complete Valentina Lisitsa's Tchaikovsky endeavour contains 10 CDs, more than 11 hours of piano music, of what is most likely the most comprehensive survey of Tchaikovsky's piano music ever recorded by a single pianist. Read more at dailymail.co.uk
2019-04-17
A Long Musical Relationship On the occasion of Leonard Slatkin's 75th birthday, pianist Garrick Ohlsson completes the season-long Rachmaninoff Cycle performing the virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 4, full of jazzy melodies inspired by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Hear the WQED interview here. Read more at wqed.org
2019-04-16
"There is always somebody better" Jazz pianist Justin Kauflin talks about life on the road, the importance of having an artistic mentor and the influence of jazz greats like Clark Terry and Quincy Jones. Read more at lsm.lv
2019-04-15
MusicPlus Launches Podcasts Classical Music today launches its MusicPlus podcasts, a new series exploring the big ideas about the social responsibility and relevance of classical music. Read more at rhinegold.co.uk
2019-04-14
Lang Lang Donates $5 Million The classical musician has just recently pledged to donate another $5 million in funds and supplies to help ensure students across the United States have a chance to learn to play the instrument that has turned him into a globally adored figure. Read more at forbes.com
2019-04-13
Giltburg, Ravel and Bats "But I still haven't been able to win over the bats. During my last visit, they pooh-poohed the 2nd movement of Beethoven's Emperor concerto." Read more at theguardian.com
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2019-04-12
András Schiff:
Schubert - Sonatas & Impromptus
 The legendary Schubert interpreter plays late Schubert on a fortepiano from around 1820, an instrument which, according to Schiff, has “something quintessentially Viennese in its timbre, its tender mellowness, its melancholic cantabilita.” Listen on NML >
2019-04-12
Ann-Helena Schlüter:
Bach - Fantasias/Duets/Chorales/Fugues/Capriccio
 Having studied in the 'Bach city' of Leipzig, Ann-Helena Schlüter achieved her first Bach cycle with the Goldberg Variations. Here she presents some of the composer’s more rarely heard keyboard works, along with arrangements of chorales and fugues. Listen on NML >
2019-04-12
Koroliov/Vinnitskaya/Georgieva:
Bach - Piano Concertos
 The Bach specialist Evgeni Koroliov has a piano duo with his wife, Ljupka Hadzi-Georgieva. He was also Anna Vinnitskaya’s professor at Hamburg’s Hochschule für Musik und Theater. Now all three join forces in Bach’s concertos for one, two, and three keyboards. Listen on NML >
2019-04-10
Can Çakmur:
Hamamatsu International Piano Competition 2018
 Can Çakmur (pronounced: Djahn Tchakmur) won first prize in the 10th Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in 2018. His debut album, ranging from Haydn and Schubert to contemporary Turkish and Japanese music, showcases his extreme versatility and impressive command of all styles. Listen on NML >
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