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In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more
The year 2025 promises to be an exciting one for the piano world, with the top three prestigious piano competitions taking center stage worldwide. With Chopin, taking place each five years, Cliburn each four and Queen Elisabeth with varying intervals of 3-5 years, this unique clash occurs for the first time ever. Read more
Randall Faber, alongside his wife Nancy, is well-known for co-authoring the best-selling Piano Adventures teaching method. Their books, recognized globally for fostering students’ creative and cognitive development, have sold millions of copies worldwide. Previously translated into nine languages, Piano Adventures is now also available in Dutch and German. Eric Schoones had the pleasure of speaking with Randall Faber about his work and philosophy. Read more
"Akiko's piano" survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and has featured in concert performances, films, and special events, conveying its message of peace. Now, 80 years after the bomb killed its owner, it has also participated in the Hiroshima premiere of the play Borrowed Landscape. Read more
The Preliminaries of the 19th International Chopin Competition are underway in the Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic. From April 23 to May 4, 163 pianists from 28 countries are performing their best Chopin etudes, nocturnes, scherzos, and mazurkas. Watch all performances online and form your opinion about who is worthy of a place in the final stages of the competition this October. Read more
Piano News Flash
2025-07-11
Shostakovich admired Soviet pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva’s playing of the WTC. Thus he composed preludes and fugues for her. Comparing her performances with Yulianna Avdeeva’s, winner of the 2010 Chopin Competition, reveals a lighter, more nuanced approach that explores emotional depth differently.
Read at theguardian.com
Avdeeva's Shostakovich
Shostakovich admired Soviet pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva’s playing of the WTC. Thus he composed preludes and fugues for her. Comparing her performances with Yulianna Avdeeva’s, winner of the 2010 Chopin Competition, reveals a lighter, more nuanced approach that explores emotional depth differently.
Read at theguardian.com
2025-07-10
In 2010, Kirill Gerstein received the Gilmore Artist Award, inspiring him to pursue daring projects. He commissioned works from various composers and collaborated with jazz artists like Chick Corea and Mehldau, influenced by his jazz roots before focusing on classical. Recently Gerstein released Chick Corea’s “The Visitors” as a digital single.
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Gerstein's Corea Release
In 2010, Kirill Gerstein received the Gilmore Artist Award, inspiring him to pursue daring projects. He commissioned works from various composers and collaborated with jazz artists like Chick Corea and Mehldau, influenced by his jazz roots before focusing on classical. Recently Gerstein released Chick Corea’s “The Visitors” as a digital single.
Read at youtube.com
2025-07-09
Christoph Schulz thinks we need a solution to accelerate regulation, improve stability, and reduce stress on the crucial bottom key, damaged in 95% of pianos from factory leveling. During industry struggles, such innovations do uplift spirits and restore balance.
Read at pianoindustryportal.com
Key Leveling Innovation
Christoph Schulz thinks we need a solution to accelerate regulation, improve stability, and reduce stress on the crucial bottom key, damaged in 95% of pianos from factory leveling. During industry struggles, such innovations do uplift spirits and restore balance.
Read at pianoindustryportal.com
2025-07-08
Kim prioritizes authentic musical expression over dazzling technique. He believes true performance is about selflessness and connecting personally with individuals, valuing sincerity and genuine emotion over technical showmanship to truly share his musical story.
Read at korea.net
Do You Know Kim Saehyun?
Kim prioritizes authentic musical expression over dazzling technique. He believes true performance is about selflessness and connecting personally with individuals, valuing sincerity and genuine emotion over technical showmanship to truly share his musical story.
Read at korea.net
2025-07-07
An exceptional young artist who creates bold, original stage music, balancing youthful innovation with seasoned experience in the competitive classical world. Yannick Dondelinger hosts Yuja Wang for an informal chat covering Rachmaninov, cuisine, life in the USA, religion, Bach’s privacy, and memories with Claudio Abbado.
Read at mahlerchamber.com
Yuja Between The Bars
An exceptional young artist who creates bold, original stage music, balancing youthful innovation with seasoned experience in the competitive classical world. Yannick Dondelinger hosts Yuja Wang for an informal chat covering Rachmaninov, cuisine, life in the USA, religion, Bach’s privacy, and memories with Claudio Abbado.
Read at mahlerchamber.com
2025-07-06
Though admired for their emotional depth and innovative form, Schumann’s three piano sonatas remain less popular due to their intricate inner voices, requiring virtuosic skill and deep interpretive understanding, blending Romantic expressivity with a literary-like narrative.
Read at interlude.hk
The Schumann Sonatas
Though admired for their emotional depth and innovative form, Schumann’s three piano sonatas remain less popular due to their intricate inner voices, requiring virtuosic skill and deep interpretive understanding, blending Romantic expressivity with a literary-like narrative.
Read at interlude.hk
2025-07-05
Each pianist discovers their unique way into Liszt's world - whether through the fiery first Mephisto Waltz or the serene Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude. Hear eight top pianists on which Liszt piece they'd choose and why.
Read at classical-music.com
Top Pianists' Liszt Choices
Each pianist discovers their unique way into Liszt's world - whether through the fiery first Mephisto Waltz or the serene Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude. Hear eight top pianists on which Liszt piece they'd choose and why.
Read at classical-music.com
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Christian Blackshaw, Recital
From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Schubert.
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Latest Piano Albums
2025-07-10
Christian Ihle Hadland:
Christian Ihle Hadland came to international attention in 2011 when he began a two-year stint as a BBC New Generation Artist. His disc of Mozart Piano Concertos (2014) was nominated for the Spellemann Prize in 2014, the highest honour for recorded music in Norway. A decade on, he embarks on the project of recording all of Mozart's solo piano music.
Listen on NML >
Christian Ihle Hadland:
Mozart – Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1
Christian Ihle Hadland came to international attention in 2011 when he began a two-year stint as a BBC New Generation Artist. His disc of Mozart Piano Concertos (2014) was nominated for the Spellemann Prize in 2014, the highest honour for recorded music in Norway. A decade on, he embarks on the project of recording all of Mozart's solo piano music.
Listen on NML >
2025-07-06
Shoko Kawasaki:
Shoko Kawasaki studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and then worked on her dissertation at the same university, analyzing and examining G. Ligeti's piano etudes from the perspective of a practicing pianist. On this album, a selection of Ligeti's etudes are played alongside those of Chopin and Debussy.
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Shoko Kawasaki:
Die Tastenkunst – Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti
Shoko Kawasaki studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and then worked on her dissertation at the same university, analyzing and examining G. Ligeti's piano etudes from the perspective of a practicing pianist. On this album, a selection of Ligeti's etudes are played alongside those of Chopin and Debussy.
Listen on NML >
2025-07-04
Konstantinos Destounis:
Konstantinos Destounis represented Greece at the Eurovision Young Musicians in Vienna, and is also the winner of several international piano competitions. Here he celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth with an album of the French composer's complete piano solo works.
Listen on NML >
Konstantinos Destounis:
Ravel – Complete Piano Solo Works
Konstantinos Destounis represented Greece at the Eurovision Young Musicians in Vienna, and is also the winner of several international piano competitions. Here he celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth with an album of the French composer's complete piano solo works.
Listen on NML >
2025-06-29
Yuval Zorn:
"This album was created during a time of war, the full impact of which is yet to be understood, and making it provided me with a much needed safe haven from the turbulence outside. Much like Debussy's 'And the moon sets upon the temple that was', the music here embodies not only the decay of an old order but also the potential growth of a new one, with its hopes and perils."
Listen on NML >
Yuval Zorn:
Rameau, Szymanowski & Debussy – Masques, Images & Hommages
"This album was created during a time of war, the full impact of which is yet to be understood, and making it provided me with a much needed safe haven from the turbulence outside. Much like Debussy's 'And the moon sets upon the temple that was', the music here embodies not only the decay of an old order but also the potential growth of a new one, with its hopes and perils."
Listen on NML >
Piano Street Site Updates
29 March 2025:
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.