Generations of piano makers have been constantly attempting to improve the quality of their instruments. Julius Blüthner made an important contribution with the development of the Aliquot System. Patented for the first time in 1872, it was one more step that provided Blüthner’s well known warm and romantic sound. The patented Blüthner Aliquot System consists of an additional fourth string […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links. Blasting Mozart to drive criminals away Interview with Khatia Buniatishvili The Monster Concerto Pianists Watts and Rosen awarded by president Obama György Ligeti on his music and jazz piano Interview with pianist Cyprien Katsaris What happens in Queens? Essentials for good posture Benjamin Grosvenor’s debut on Decca Hear two tracks […]

Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder confirms the Vienna legacy through two powerful Beethoven releases dated year 2011, a DVD/Blu-ray of the Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 5 with Wiener Philharmoniker and a CD box with the complete 32 Piano Sonatas, both recorded live, in Vienna and Dresden respectively. Often considered being the shining successor of the legendary Viennese-trojka (Gulda, Demus, Badura-Skoda), […]

An old joke that has become part of the folklore of one of New York City’s most famous concert venue runs as follows. A pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped violinist Jascha Heifetz and inquired: – Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall? – Yes, said Heifetz. Practice! That’s indeed an option, but there are other ways […]

“Recently I listened to a pianist on the radio who impressed me very much: Sergio Fiorentino, do you know him?” – Vladimir Horowitz He is the only other pianist, said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). How is it that one of the greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century is still so unknown? Sergio Fiorentino was […]

A piano score of the recently rediscovered piano piece by Johannes Brahms, Albumblatt in A minor, has been published in an Urtext edition by Piano Street today. Free sheet music to download and print: Brahms – Albumblatt in A minor (File updated May 27, now inlcuding fingering and work comments.) Listen: András Schiff plays “Albumblatt” in A minor by Johannes […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links. New Brahms piece to be performed by Schiff Wigglesworth on noisy audiences New York Times talks to Garrick Ohlsson Weissenberg and Karajan in Rach 2 Legendary Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82 Physics of Sound: Daniel Barenboim on the Duration of Notes Have you heard Simone Dinnerstein? What Liszt Gave Himself […]

Bulgaria-born pianist Alexis Weissenberg, one of the legendary performers of the twentieth century, died on January 8th in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 82. Alexis Weissenberg passed away after a long illness, people close to his family said. Born in Sofia, the noted Jewish-born, French pianist of Bulgarian birth, Alexis Weissenberg, was taught to play the piano by his mother. Several […]

“This new book by Boris Berman is a must read for those who care about the music of Prokofiev. It is a very in-depth guide by someone who has obviously spent many years thinking about and playing the music of this great genius. Bravo to Boris Berman!” – Yefim Bronfman Boris Berman, renowned concert pianist and teacher, is one of […]

Holiday gifts from Piano Street: Two New Liszt Scores Why not spend some of the remaining time of this Liszt-year at the piano with two of his most beloved pieces, Consolation no 3 and Liebestraum? New Piano Street Editions! – FREE to download and print: Liszt – Consolation no 3 Liszt – “Liebestraum” (Nocturne no 3) (available until December 31) […]

Anderson & Roe – When Words Fade – Featuring Songs of the Night From Vivaldi to Radiohead Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe form one of the most thrilling young piano duos performing today. The debut release from Anderson & Roe on the Steinway & Sons label is a showstopper captured in spectacular audiophile-quality sound by multi-Grammy-winning producer Steven Epstein. […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links. Interview with pianist Nikolai Lugansky Biss on Beethoven and Fleisher The Exhilaration and Dread of Beethoven’s Sonatas Interview with pianist Dang Thai Son Get cool with Alice Beethoven recital with John O’Conor in Aspen Beethoven Competition in Bonn – live broadcasts Hamelin Scores as a Pianist and Composer Kovacevich and […]