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Cremona Musica's 2021 Edition
The annual music exhibition Cremona Musica opened up again after its digital 2020 edition. A rich program utilizing the new worldwide digital reality to enhance the experience of the physical event. Clearly, the pandemic has not only led to thriving business for traditional instrument makers but also increased the music world's knowledge about technological solutions and its products. Read more...
Watch the Chopin Competition With Us!
With the 18th International Chopin Competition entering its Second Stage, Piano Street presents a new version of its popular tool (first presented during the 2010 Competition) for navigating the hundreds of great performances taking place during the event. Use our list of pieces and pianists to find and compare your personal favorites among this yearâs 160 contestants. Read more...
New Book: The Piano - A History in 100 Pieces
Pianist Susan Tomes' praised book "The Piano - A History in 100 Pieces", charts the development of the piano from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Tomes takes the reader with her on a personal journey through 100 pieces including solo works, chamber music, concertos, and jazz. Piano Street talked to Susan Tomes about her book. Read more...
Liszt and the Keyboard - An Illustrated Lecture
Whatever else the world may debate about Franz Liszt's life and work, one thing is generally conceded: he was the first modern pianist. Entitled "Liszt and the Keyboard", master musicologist Dr. Alan Walker gives us an exciting 47 minute journey describing Liszt being the root of modern piano playing. Read more...
On Being a Pianist in Kenya - Against All Odds
It is hard enough to train as a classical pianist, even in a Western country with good access to instruments, sheet music and advanced tuition. If you happen to live in Kenya, where nothing of the above is easily available, the many obstacles make it almost impossible. Yet, there are people with an absolute determination to learn. Piano Street has talked to pianist Cordelia Williams, whose new documentary film depicts a new generation on track to break the "glass ceiling" of classical music in Kenya. Read more...
The 17th "Chopin and his Europe Festival"
The 17th Chopin and his Europe festival opens in Warsaw this Saturday and traditionally, accomplished musicians from all the world will arrive in the Polish capital: top pianists, virtuosos of all instruments, grand conductors and legendary ensembles. Read more...
Tonebase - Catching the Magic Moment
An interview with tonebase's piano executive Ben Laude about the challenges he faced building the platform, but also about how to forge a unified music education, reconciling our physical and virtual realities.
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The International Chopin Competition in Warsaw - Preliminaries Are On!
The live streamed preliminary round of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition are on. Until 23 July, the Chamber Hall of the Polish National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw will resound with the music played by 150 young pianists from all over the world. Read more... More articles >> Top picks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2021-10-21
Pandemic Chopin Boot Camp Chopin Competition winner Bruce Liu found a new peace at work during the pandemic, allowing him to focus on details. Read more at montrealgazette.com
2021-10-21
Bruce Liu Wins Chopin Competition 24-year-old Bruce Liu from Montreal, Canada was selected from 12 finalists, two more than the 10 envisaged in the competition rules. The gold medallist takes home a prize of 40,000 Euro, to be awarded by President Andrzej Duda. Read more at chopin2020.pl
2021-10-19
Chopin's Mazurka Mastery The semi-finals in Warsaw offered a large selection of Mazurkas. Jed Distler sums up performances as well as reference recordings of the Polish dance form that makes Frederic Chopin so totally unique. Read more at gramophone.co.uk
2021-10-18
Finalists Announced in Warsaw 12 participants representing 10 countries qualified to the final stage of the 18th Chopin Competition, starting Monday October 18. Read more at chopin2020.pl
2021-10-13
23 Qualified for Stage 3 in Warsaw 23 participants from 11 countries, including 6 from Poland, 5 from Japan, 3 from Italy, 2 from Canada, Russia, South Korea qualified to the penultimate Stage 3 at the ongoing International Chopin Competition. Read more at chopin2020.pl
2021-10-12
Pianist As Stage Director With "The Eye is the First Circle", pianist Simone Dinnerstein ventures into bold interdisciplinary artistic territory in collaboration with projection designer Laurie Olinder and lighting designer Davison Scandrett. Read more at npr.org
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Livestream: 2021-10-29 18:00:00 GMT
Daniil Trifonov, Recital From Siemensvilla, Berlin. Bach; The Art of Fugue. Listen at dg-premium.com
FREE livestream: 2021-10-29 18:30:00 GMT
Danny Driver & JACK Quartet, Chamber Music From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Williams, Ligeti, Rodericus and Ades. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
FREE livestream: 2021-11-12 18:30:00 GMT
Sir Andras Schiff, Recital From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
FREE livestream: 2021-11-14 18:30:00 GMT
Sir Andras Schiff, Recital From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Schubert. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
FREE livestream: 2021-12-01 19:00:00 GMT
Leon McCawley, Recital From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Haydn, Mozart and Schubert. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
FREE livestream: 2021-12-06 12:00:00 GMT
Garrick Ohlsson, Recital From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Brahms, Chopin and Szymanowski. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
2021-10-25
Vladimir Ashkenazy:
J S Bach - English Suites 1-3
 Vladimir Ashkenazy signed to Decca in 1963 and remains the longest-serving artist on the label. After a few releases with Russian repertoire, Decca suggested he recorded Bach’s Concerto in D minor, which was the start of his journey with a composer he reveres above all others. An astonishing 56 years and a lifetime’s experience of this timeless music separates that recording from the latest addition to Ashkenazy’s discography, Bach's English Suites Nos. 1-3. Listen on NML >
2021-10-24
Lilit Grigoryan:
Mompou - Música callada
 Mompou's "Música callada" (Silent Music) was inspired by the writings of the Spanish mystic, Saint John of the Cross: The composer said: "This music has neither air nor light. It is a weak heartbeat. It’s not meant to reach any further than a few millimetres in space, but it is meant to penetrate the greatest depths of our soul and the most secret regions of our spirit”. Listen on NML >
2021-10-22
Arturo Nieto-Dorantes:
Albéniz - Iberia
 Arturo Nieto-Dorantes has recorded and performed a lot of Mexican and Latin American music. But he is also one of few pianists to perform Albéniz's Iberia in its entirety - a cycle of twelve pieces of which Debussy once said: "Never has music achieved such diversified, such colourful impressions: one's eyes close, as though dazzled by beholding such a wealth of imagery." Listen on NML >
2021-10-19
Eloïse Bella Kohn:
Bach - Art of Fugue
 Composed towards the end of his life, this cycle of fugues can be regarded as Bach's artistic legacy. During his last months, Bach had gone blind, which is probably why the last fugue was left unfinished. On this album, Thierry Escaich has composed a new completion of the work. Listen on NML >
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