A recent article featured in Piano Street’s News Flash explains that four-hand piano duo partners share neurons dealing with spatial seizing while playing. That suggests that we give you readers a gem on the same topic. NEW! Click the album cover to listen to the complete album: (This is a new feature available for Gold members of pianostreet.com) Two legends […]

A new issue of International Piano is out! Content highlights: Elisabeth Leonskaja: Tales from Russia Helping hands: How to play with feeling Lessons from the past: Period performance practice on modern day pianos Murray McLachlan: The importance of preparation In harmony: Piano trios through time Mexican feast: Music by Manuel Ponce Jorge Bolet: Centenary tribute Piano Street Gold members have […]

A new piano recital series has been launched in Stockholm this fall. The first recital, with pianist Peter Jablonski took place on September 15 and today, October 20 at 17.00 GMT it’s time for pianist Murray McLachlan to enter the stage. The series is run by the organisation Piano Visions. One of the sponsors and collaborators is Piano Street, which […]

Noriko Ogawa seems to be comfortable in the same pea pod as Claude Debussy; she displays a similar maverick streak to the French composer. They both lament the “rules” in roughly the same way. Debussy didn’t like the composition rules of his teachers at the Paris Conservatory, while Ogawa keeps away from what she sees as the restrictive, emotional tradition […]

Four pages from Mozart’s original manuscript for the Piano Sonata in A major, K 331 (whose last movement is the well-known “Turkish March”) has been found in Budapest. Hungarian music expert Balazs Mikusi was looking through hundreds of pages of handwritten copies of sheet music from Mozart’s time, when he suddenly recognized Mozart’s unique handwriting. The major discovery starts in […]

Striking a very special chord for many world class performers the Verbier festival just completed its 21st edition. A regular guest artist there, pianist Evgeny Kissin believes it’s crucial to combine rest with work because it helps the performer to regain lost focus. After remarking that it was too bad that “… there were only 25 (sic) hours in a […]

Sonatas come in many shapes throughout the history of music. The name Sonata is derived from the Italian word “suonare” (to sound) as opposed to “Cantata” (to sing). Although we find many single movement pieces from the Baroque period and mid-18th century named sonatas, it is not until Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven develop a 3 (or 4) movement disposition that […]

A new issue of International Piano is out! Content highlights: Jean Muller: recording Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes Rising stars: the top 30 pianists under 30 John Ogdon: remembering his talent 25 years on Sheet music of Chopin’s Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53 and MP3 downloads of recordings made on the instruments at Finchcocks Musical Museum in Kent Piano Street […]

“I still can’t believe that some pseudo-critics continue to accuse me of having murdered Tango. They have it backward. They should look at me as the saviour of Tango. I performed plastic surgery on it.” – Astor Piazzolla Sometimes melancholic and always sensual, Astor Piazzolla’s works found a magnificent balance between genres, styles and eras. Preoccupied with seeing things in […]

In the past, many pianists have contended with cantankerous neighbors who complain about loud practicing during the day or late-night schedules that preclude practicing for fear of waking even reasonable neighbors. This led to the development of the technology referred to as Silent Piano (Yamaha) or Anytime (Kawai) which is an acoustic piano where there is an option to completely […]

A new issue of International Piano is out! Content highlights: Guide to left hand repertoire: in conversation with Nicholas McCarthy Piano partnerships: working with singers Music of my life: Ronald Brautigam Plus, free sheet music, MP3 downloads and your chance to win a box set of John Ogdon on CD Piano Street Gold members have instant online access to the […]

A new issue of International Piano is out! Content highlights: The Yamaha CFX comes to Abbey Road CPE Bach tercentenary – Marking the great composer’s 300th anniversary Festivals around the globe Austria-bound – View from Grafenegg Street life: Unstoppable rise of the public piano Piano makers: What’s next for Pleyel? Contemporary music: John McCabe at 75 Adolf von Henselt – […]