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Alexander Gadjiev – To Save the World
Our meeting took place in Krefeld, at Kawai – the Japanese make of piano with which Alexander Gadjiev has become so familiar since his success at the Hamamatsu competition. Now his career is really taking off in Europe too: Gadjiev is a BBC New Generation Artist until the end of 2021 and is also one of the 25 chosen contestants at the upcoming 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition, 17-29 June in Moscow. Read more...
Through Nupen’s Eyes: Young Legends Play Mozart
On 11 March 1966, two great young pianists appeared together in public for the first time: Daniel Barenboim and Vladimir Ashkenazy played Mozart's Concerto for two pianos at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Looking in the back mirror we realize the unique importance of this performance hi-lighting the two young pianists in the middle of building world famous careers. Read more...
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... More articles >> Top picks: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2019-06-16
Instrumental Music and Intelligence The Savanna-IQ Interaction Hypothesis, based on the Savannah Principle, proposes that intelligent people are more likely to be attracted to novel stimuli than other individuals are. Read more at bigthink.com
2019-06-15
Are You E, S Or B? A large study of over 4,000 participants in the UK led by Cambridge University psychologist and researcher David Greenberg found a distinct correlation between brain types or thinking styles and musical preferences. Read more at ludwig-van.com
2019-06-14
Ben Plays CDs How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Ben Sisario, a reporter who covers the music industry, discussed the tech he’s using. Read more at nytimes.com
2019-06-13
Kissin Takes The Chair Evgeny Kissin has been appointed honorary chairman of the Antonio Mormone International Prize, a new competition in memory of Italian artistic entrepreneur who supported the early careers of several leading musicians. Read more at rhinegold.co.uk
2019-06-12
The Eight Intelligences "The story of Vladimir Tiagunov puts the spotlight on how parents must identify and nurture their child's talent, irrespective of whether it is academic or other than that." Read more at freepressjournal.in
2019-06-12
Not Only Scriabin and Messiaen? Colour is believed to be the most important visual experience to human beings. It functions as a powerful information channel to the human cognitive system and has been found to play a significant role in enhancing memory performance. Colour can be very effective in learning and educational setting, marketing, communication or even sport. Read more at rhinegold.co.uk
2019-06-11
Tchaikovsky Competition Contestant Kicks Off Festival Pianist and Cliburn silver medalist Kenny Broberg visited Houston Public Media's Geary Performance Studio to play a selection and to speak with Houston Matters producer Joshua Zinn about his budding career. Read more at houstonpublicmedia.org
2019-06-11
A Piece Of Beethoven British auction house Sotheby's plans to sell what it says is a "substantial" lock of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair that the German composer himself cut off and gave to a pianist friend in 1826. Read more at euronews.com
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2019-06-07
Stewart Goodyear:
Gershwin/Goodyear - Music for Piano and Orchestra
 The people of Trinidad call their community a “callaloo” nation, composed of people of various backgrounds and religions blending together. Stewart Goodyear’s “Callaloo” suite for piano and orchestra was composed in 2016, two years after his first Carnival in Trinidad. It’s heard here alongside Goodyear’s Sonata and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. Listen on NML >
2019-06-01
Francesco Piemontesi:
Liszt - Années de Pèlerinage
 Franz Liszt’s “Years of Pilgrimage” contain a total of 26 pieces, forming a kind of musical diary for the composer’s years of travelling. After his very successful release last year of Volume 1, Francesco Piemontesi now turns to the the second part, “Italy”. Listen on NML >
2019-05-31
Barry Douglas:
Schubert - Piano Works, Vol. 4
 With this album, Barry Douglas’ critically acclaimed series of Schubert piano works reaches its fourth instalment. It presents three piano sonatas composed when Shubert was around twenty, among them the happy, lyrical Sonata in A major, D 664. Listen on NML >
2019-05-31
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet:
Mozart - Concertos 20 & 21
 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s first three volumes of Mozart concertos have been received with widespread acclaim. The two recorded here are among the most universally beloved concertos of the entire repertoire: the dark and stormy D minor concerto, and the light and sunny one in C major, a.k.a “Elvira Madigan”. Listen on NML >
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