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Vexations - Was Igor Levit's Lonely Stroll Too Long?
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...
Talking Bach with Pianist Ramin Bahrami
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...
New Feature: Live Streamed Piano Recitals
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...
World Piano Day 2020
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...
Crash Course: How to Teach Piano Online
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...
193 Pieces by Liszt Added to Piano Street's Sheet Music Library
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...
Coronavirus Etude - A New Viral Piano Piece
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...
How to Keep Your Piano Keys Clean from Viruses?
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... More articles >> Top picks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2020-08-04
Beethoven's Mighty Fluff The Bagatelle is described as a short musical fluff. However, that is not what comes to mind when hearing the Op. 33, 119, and 126 sets. Paul Lewis just recently released his album on Harmonia Mundi. Read more at prestomusic.com
2020-08-03
Leon Fleisher Dies at 92 One of America's most beloved and resourceful pianists and pedagogues has died. Fleisher's roller coaster career began with fame, moved to despair and ended in fulfillment. Read more at nytimes.com
2020-08-03
And What About Fauré? Perhaps no other composer has ever been so generally ignored outside his own country, while at the same time enjoying an unquestionably eminent reputation at home. Read more at pianodao.com
2020-08-03
Only White Keys! A full-size grand piano has 52 white and 36 black keys. But what would happen if you took away all the accidentals?. Read more at classicfm.com
2020-08-03
Competing Under Two Flags Pianist Priscila Navarro will enter Round One, Session 5 of Piano Cleveland's online competition on Monday, August 3 under two national flags: Peru and Canada. Read more at clevelandclassical.com
2020-08-02
Recycled Pianos Have you ever seen an auditorium made out of recycled pianos? About 30 instruments have been dismantled and rebuilt to create tiered seating at the former Glasgow City Council grit store in Springburn Park. Read more at theguardian.com
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FREE livestream: 2020-08-04 17:30:00 GMT
Sir Andras Schiff, Performance From Gstaad Digital Festival. Program to be announced. Listen at gstaaddigitalfestival.ch
FREE livestream: 2020-08-04 17:30:00 GMT
Xingyu Lu, Performance From Classic at Home. Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata. Listen at classic-at-home.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-05 19:00:00 GMT
Sophia Zhou, Recital From Recital Stream. Works by Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti and Messiaen. Listen at recitalstream.org
FREE livestream: 2020-08-06 17:30:00 GMT
Kateryna Titova, Recital From Classic at Home. Works by Beethoven and Mozart/Volodos. Listen at classic-at-home.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-06 17:30:00 GMT
Yulianna Avdeeva, Performance Avdeeva plays and discusses. Works by Bach and Chopin. Listen at facebook.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-08 10:00:00 GMT
Mateusz Krzyzowski, Performance Chopin Institute presents artists performing at Chopin's birthplace Zelazowa Wola. Listen at facebook.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-09 00:00:00 GMT
Daniil Trifonov, Recital "Great Performers in Recital" at Tanglewood. J.S. BACH The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080. Listen at bso.org
FREE livestream: 2020-08-09 17:30:00 GMT
Nikolai Lugansky, Performance From Classic at Home. Program to be announced. Listen at classic-at-home.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-10 00:30:00 GMT
Daniil Trifonov, Recital From Sun Valley Music Festival. Works by Beethoven and Mussorgsky. Listen at svmusicfestival.org
FREE livestream: 2020-08-11 17:30:00 GMT
Katie Mahan, Recital From Classic at Home. Works by Gershwin and Beethoven. Listen at classic-at-home.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-12 17:00:00 GMT
Rokas Valuntonis, Performance From CMF Clock Tower Series, London. Program to be announced. Listen at youtube.com
FREE livestream: 2020-08-12 21:00:00 GMT
Daniel Vnukowski, Performance Stravinsky's Petrushka and Marinu's Puppets Suite. Listen at facebook.com
2020-08-02
Ann Martin-Davis:
Ravel - Le Langage des Fleurs
 Ravel has been an enduring part of Ann Martin-Davis' music-making throughout her life. Her selection of works by Ravel is named after the ballet "Adélaïde, or the language of flowers", an adaptation of his Valses nobles et sentimentales, and was inspired by the research of Michael Puri ("Ravel the Decadent"), who has also written the sleeve notes. Listen on NML >
2020-07-27
Elena Tarasova:
La Folie - Couperin, Debussy, Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninov
 “La Folia” is one of the oldest remembered and most used European musical themes. Its distinctive chord sequence first developed in late 15th-Century Portugal, and have been used ever since in the folk music of many countries, as well as in hundreds of classical works. Listen on NML >
2020-07-22
Paul Lewis:
Beethoven - Bagatelles
 After recording the complete Piano Sonatas, Diabelli Variations, and the Piano Concertos, Paul Lewis turns to the shorter form of the Bagatelle. With these 'trifles', which actually meant a great deal to him, Beethoven laid the foundations for a flourishing new genre of piano miniatures. Listen on NML >
2020-07-18
Gottlieb Wallisch:
Beethoven - Complete Piano Concertos
 During recent years the concert series ‘Resound Beethoven’ has brought back Beethoven’s works to the places where they were originally performed. For Gottlieb Wallisch this has been a veritable immersion in the sound world of Beethoven’s times: “The combination of the fortepiano sound with the original-sound orchestra results in a fascinating opportunity to shed new tonal light on Beethoven’s music and to understand it in new ways.” Listen on NML >
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