Classical Piano Music!

In a bid to raise awareness of all musicians who have been silenced by the coronavirus pandemic, finding themselves suddenly out of work, pianist Igor Levit performed Erik Satie's piano piece Vexations in a 15-hour long virtual performance on May 30. Read more...

Iranian pianist Ramin Bahrami is considered one of today's most interesting interpreters of Johann Sebastian Bach's music. A regular performer at Cremona Musica, Bahrami and flutist Massimo Mercelli presented works from their latest CD, "Bach Sanssouci", on the Decca label. Piano Street's Patrick Jovell was happy to get the chance to talk to the inspirational performer. Read more...

With music venues on lock down across the world and many of us spending a lot more time at home, we can now enjoy the growing supply of concerts via live stream to watch from home on our TV, computer or smartphone. Piano Street has launced a new feature to help you keep track of upcoming livestreamed piano events. Watch the new ticker on our homepage! Read more...

Piano Day is an annual worldwide event which takes place on the 88th day of the year, honouring the 88 keys on a modern standard piano. Piano Day 2020 welcomes every piano lover to join the festivities. Read more...

What you have been wondering and perhaps worrying about for many years is suddenly upon you. The question was if online piano lesson are worth it and if so, how to get started? Now there is no more time to ponder, this week you will be teaching all your piano students online! Read more...

The latest addition to our already vast piano sheet music library almost doubles the number of pieces by Franz Liszt. Last week, we added 193 pieces by this multifaceted composer, taking a significant step towards our goal of publishing a complete library of the classical piano repertoire. Our Liszt section is now nearly complete, but more will follow - with this extremely productive and hard-working composer-pianist it's hard to know where to stop! Read more...

A classic viral piano piece, "Dusting the Piano" has finally got a follow-up. While Dusting the Piano should be managable for players of ABRSM grade 1 and suitable for performances during less critical times, the new Coronavirus Etude is more complex (around ABRSM grade 5) and aimed to be more effective against viruses. Read more...

The current pandemic brings questions to the fore about how to eliminate the spread of infectious and harmful microorganisms in our teaching or practicing spaces. One of the most burning ones is what can be done to sanitize or disinfect piano keys without harming them. Read more...

2020-07-09Piano Cleveland announces that 30 contestants have been selected to compete in "Virtu(al)oso", a global piano competition that provides support for artist relief. Read more at cleveland.com

2020-07-08New York Times chief classical critic took on the daunting Opus 110 in college and reflects on the "Masterpiece" description. Beethoven once told a publisher; "What is difficult is also beautiful and good." He wanted pianists to sweat. Read more at nytimes.com

2020-07-07Beethoven was an innovator, prepared to take enormous musical risks to further his creative ambitions. Out of his experiences and sheer effort, Beethoven built on the music of the past to create the music of the future. Read more at cmuse.org

2020-07-06Yamaha has just announced the Clavinova CLP700 series. Building on the highly acclaimed 600 Series, this new family features the latest in keyboard mechanics, sound modelling technology, and instrument voices. Read more at rhinegold.co.uk

2020-07-05In the early part of the 20th century, concert engagements in South America figured so prominently in Rubinstein's initial financial success that he referred to Latin America in the table of contents of My Many Years as "The Promised Land". Read more at orartswatch.org

2020-07-04Olympic torchbearer in London 2012 and artist at the 17th Asian Games in 2014, now Lang Lang has been appointed publicity ambassador of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games. Read more at insidethegames.biz

FREE livestream: 2020-07-09 17:30:00 GMTAvdeeva plays and discusses. Works by Bach and Schubert. Listen at facebook.com

FREE livestream: 2020-07-09 18:00:00 GMTFrom "The Musical Encounters of Evian 2020". Alexandre Kantorow joins Liya Petrova, Antoine Tamestit and Bruno Philippe. Works by Debussy, Shostakovich, and Brahms. Listen at medici.tv

FREE livestream: 2020-07-10 16:00:00 GMTLang Lang Foundation ”Play It Forward”. Program to be announced. Listen at instagram.com

FREE livestream: 2020-07-11 10:00:00 GMTChopin Institute presents artists performing at Chopin's birthplace Zelazowa Wola. Listen at facebook.com

FREE livestream: 2020-07-12 00:00:00 GMTDinnerstein performs in The Art of the Piano festival OnLive! Works by Schubert and Glass. Listen at artofthepiano.org

FREE livestream: 2020-07-12 00:00:00 GMT"Great Performers in Recital" at Tanglewood. Works by Beethoven. Listen at bso.org

FREE livestream: 2020-07-12 18:30:00 GMTYoh performs in the Henley Festival Live Stream. Works by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Listen at henley-festival.co.uk

FREE livestream: 2020-07-13 16:00:00 GMTFrom Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Simonov. Program to be announced. Listen at meloman.ru

FREE livestream: 2020-07-16 15:00:00 GMTOpening Concert of Pärnu Music Festival. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 with Estonian Festival Orchestra under Paavo Järvi.| Listen at parnumusicfestival.tv

FREE livestream: 2020-07-17 01:30:00 GMTFrom Colorado Virtual Music Festival. Cadenzas by Beethoven. Listen at coloradomusicfestival.org

FREE livestream: 2020-07-17 17:00:00 GMTKissin performs in the Virtual Verbier Festival 2020. Program to be announced. Listen at verbierfestival.com

FREE livestream: 2020-07-17 18:00:00 GMTFrom Salle des Combins, Verbier Festival. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 with Verbier Festival Orchestra under Charles Dutoit. Listen at verbierfestival.com

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