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Recent Articles & News
Beethoven as Improviser? - Interview with Konstantin Scherbakov, part 2
The End of an Era: Keith Jarrett's Return to his Roots
A Jazz Piano Christmas 2020 - In Spite of Everything
34 Works by Beethoven Added to Piano Street
Beethoven 250: Krystian Zimerman performs the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos
Cyprien Katsaris - Beethoven in a New Light
The World of Piano Competitions - issue 2 2020
The Goldberg Variations Streamed from Bach's Church in Leipzig
Piano News Flash
2021-01-22
Many pianists were awarded at the International Classical Music Awards: Can Cakmur, Beatrice Rana, Kirill Gerstein, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Svjatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Dmitri Shostakovich and Lucas Debargue. Read more at icma-info.com
Numerous Pianists Awarded
2021-01-20
Pianist Michelle Cann 33, has been appointed the inaugural Eleanor Sokoloff chair in piano studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Read more at royalgazette.com
A Most Honorable Piano Chair Position
2021-01-19
When French pianist Alexandre Kantorow won the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow 2019, he was already a praised recording artist. Get to know him in action. Read more at pianistmagazine.com
The Piano Sound of Kantorow
2021-01-18
Georgian pianist Tamta Magradze won the Online Audience Award of the Liszt Competition Utrecht, after finishing first in an online poll last month. Read more at agenda.ge
Georgian Excellence in Utrecht
2021-01-17
A very recent Q+A with the Chinese pianist in conjunction with his Bach/Godberg concert at the Shanghai Oriental Art Center last week. Read more at shine.cn
Lang Lang on Bach, Opera and Fou Ts'ong
2021-01-16
Shenzhen, in southeastern China is known as the "Piano City". Young pianist Wei Luo shares thoughts and sounds from her hometown and her school, Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. Read more at whyy.org
Pandemia Perspectives from "Piano City"
Most Popular Pieces
Piano Street Site Updates
15 January 2019:
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.
21 December 2018:
The premiere issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
19 april 2017:
New CD release by Op 111 Productions: "Alma Brasiliera" with pianist Paulo Steinberg.
25 november 2016:
13 Easy Pieces by Beethoven and Gurlitt.
18 February 2016:
New pieces with piano practice tips added to the line of Instructive Editions.
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.
21 December 2018:
The premiere issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
19 april 2017:
New CD release by Op 111 Productions: "Alma Brasiliera" with pianist Paulo Steinberg.
25 november 2016:
13 Easy Pieces by Beethoven and Gurlitt.
18 February 2016:
New pieces with piano practice tips added to the line of Instructive Editions.
Upcoming livestreams
FREE livestream: 2021-01-25 01:00:00 GMT
From Howland Chamber Music Circle. Works by Debussy and Stravinsky. Listen at howlandmusic.org
Alessio Bax & Lucille Chung, Double Piano
FREE livestream: 2021-01-25 01:00:00 GMT
From San Fernando Cathedral, Texas. Program to be announced. Listen at musicalbridges.org
Leonardo Colafelice, Recital
FREE livestream: 2021-01-25 19:30:00 GMT
From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Mozart and Schubert. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
Christian Blackshaw, Recital
FREE livestream: 2021-01-26 01:00:00 GMT
From Arts at the Abbey, Belmont. Works by Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy and Kapustin. Listen at belmontabbeycollege.edu
Solomon Eichner, Recital
FREE livestream: 2021-01-28 12:00:00 GMT
From The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 with Hallé Orchestra under Mark Elder. Listen at halle.co.uk
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Piano Concerto
FREE livestream: 2021-01-29 19:00:00 GMT
From Berliner Philharmoniker DCH. Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 with Berliner Philharmoniker under Krill Petrenko. Listen at digitalconcerthall.com
Daniil Trifonov, Piano Concerto
FREE livestream: 2021-01-29 19:00:00 GMT
From Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas. Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 with Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan. Listen at dg-premium.com
Helene Grimaud, Piano Concerto
FREE livestream: 2021-01-30 01:00:00 GMT
From The Frances Clark Center/The American Pianists Association. Program to be announced. Listen at claviercompanion.com
Kenneth Broberg, Recital
FREE livestream: 2021-02-01 19:30:00 GMT
From Wigmore Hall, London. Works by Schumann, Beethoven and Webern. Listen at wigmore-hall.org.uk
Cedric Tiberghien, Recital
Latest Piano Albums
2021-01-23
Schumann's Fantasy op. 17 - dedicated to Liszt - and Liszt's B minor sonata - dedicated to Schumann - were important milestones in their respective careers, representing each composer's way of managing the heritage of the classical sonata, sparking the evolution of a form easily considered to be unchangeable. This is a live recording from a concert which also included Chopin's Ballade op 38 (dedicated to Schumann) and Etude op. 10 no 6 (dedicated to Liszt).
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Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt :
Live Recital "Correspondances"
Live Recital "Correspondances"
Schumann's Fantasy op. 17 - dedicated to Liszt - and Liszt's B minor sonata - dedicated to Schumann - were important milestones in their respective careers, representing each composer's way of managing the heritage of the classical sonata, sparking the evolution of a form easily considered to be unchangeable. This is a live recording from a concert which also included Chopin's Ballade op 38 (dedicated to Schumann) and Etude op. 10 no 6 (dedicated to Liszt).
Listen on NML >
2021-01-22
These two short works for piano and orchestra were both composed in 1885, when César Franck was already over sixty, and Strauss just twenty-one. Franck's Symphonic variations Fis formal and profound, fusing three traditions: solo concerto, symphony and variation form. Strauss' Burlesque is an exuberant waltz. "Whenever I play it I conjure up the image of couples waltzing at an aristocratic ball where everyone is dressed in the most exquisite and fine fashion", says Ekaterina Litvintseva.
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Ekaterina Litvintseva:
Franck - Symphonic Variations, Strauss - Burlesque
Franck - Symphonic Variations, Strauss - Burlesque
These two short works for piano and orchestra were both composed in 1885, when César Franck was already over sixty, and Strauss just twenty-one. Franck's Symphonic variations Fis formal and profound, fusing three traditions: solo concerto, symphony and variation form. Strauss' Burlesque is an exuberant waltz. "Whenever I play it I conjure up the image of couples waltzing at an aristocratic ball where everyone is dressed in the most exquisite and fine fashion", says Ekaterina Litvintseva.
Listen on NML >
2021-01-20
Jean Muller has reached the third instalment of his recording of the complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas. The first two have received praise from several critics - "Simply superb Mozart", according to International Piano's reviewer. This album includes some real highlights, such as the sunny Sonata in C major K. 330, the dramatic K. 310 in A minor, and the popular "Sonata facile" K. 545.
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Jean Muller:
Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol 3
Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol 3
Jean Muller has reached the third instalment of his recording of the complete cycle of Mozart’s piano sonatas. The first two have received praise from several critics - "Simply superb Mozart", according to International Piano's reviewer. This album includes some real highlights, such as the sunny Sonata in C major K. 330, the dramatic K. 310 in A minor, and the popular "Sonata facile" K. 545.
Listen on NML >
2021-01-18
Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ is situated roughly at the midpoint of his output, and is one of his most famous works. One hundred years later, while studying with Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg composed his first and only piano sonata. Another fifty years later, Boulez began his Third sonata, an ambitious project which later underwent a long process of revision and polishing, before being abandoned. This recording by Florent Boffard is the first to include the unfinished fragments.
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Florent Boffard:
Beethoven, Berg, Boulez - Sonatas
Beethoven, Berg, Boulez - Sonatas
Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ is situated roughly at the midpoint of his output, and is one of his most famous works. One hundred years later, while studying with Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg composed his first and only piano sonata. Another fifty years later, Boulez began his Third sonata, an ambitious project which later underwent a long process of revision and polishing, before being abandoned. This recording by Florent Boffard is the first to include the unfinished fragments.
Listen on NML >
