The piano master classes of Franz Liszt 1884-1886, Diary notes of August Göllerich by August Göllerich Indiana University Press, 1996, ISBN: 0253332230 Göllerich was student, secretary and companion to Liszt during the musician’s last two years (1884-86). The diary contains the dates of the master classes, lists of performers and the works they performed, and some general thoughts and reflections […]

NEW! Click the album cover to listen to the complete album: (This is a new feature available for Gold members of pianostreet.com) This CD, a collection of live recordings taken from performances at the Royal Festival Hall and the Festival de la Grange de Meslay, provides yet another example of Boris Berezovsky’s stunning virtuosity and musicality. A Liszt recital, the […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links collected during July 2011. Read Aspen Music Festival’s Beethoven Book on the Piano Trios Hamelin, a true virtuoso What future awaits the world’s budding virtuosos? New Liszt “wild and crazy” website – Explore Decca’s comprehensive overview of this extraordinary Arranged marriages that lead to love at first sight All the […]

Famous Pianists and Their Technique has been a standard in the field since its first publication in 1974. This widely used and acclaimed history of piano technical thought includes insights into the techniques of masters such as C.P. E. Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Clementi, Czerny, Debussy, Godowsky, Horowitz, Levinskaya, Leschetizky, the Lhevinnes, Liszt, Mozart, Prokofiev, Ravel, Rubinstein, and Schubert, […]

The Verbier Festival is considered as one of the most important European festivals. Every July, the greatest names of classical music gather during two weeks, among the wonderful landscape of the Swiss Alps for an exceptional concert series. The festival gives the artists the opportunity to perform original programmes with other musicians that they admire and with whom they have […]

In October 2011, Carnegie Hall celebrates Tchaikovsky – the superstar who opened the Hall in May 1891. In the July episode of from the Carnegie Hall Archives, Museum Director and Archivist Gino Francesconi explores the connections between Carnegie Hall, New York, and Tchaikovsky. Gino reveals how—amidst the turmoil of the decline of the Soviet Union in the late 1980’s—Carnegie Hall […]

Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire is among the truly great living musicians, and his remarkable musicianship continues to captivate the critics and charm the musical world. Winner of the Gramophone Recording of the Year in 2007 for his Brahms Piano Concertos. Nelson has a special affinity with Debussy’s music and his magical style perfectly suits these luminous works key French piano […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links collected during June 2011. Results from the Tchaikovsky Competition 2011 Hough on with- or without the score? Looking for a Masterclass? The drama continues at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow Rare early Mozart edition discovered How this Tchaikovsky competition is being judged – a view from the jury room The […]

Evgeny Kissin is a great pianist in the Russian tradition, with the sweeping style, generous tone and powerful but supple technique that marks an heir of Rachmaninov. But for him, music is a language and performance is about communicating meaning, and he can conjure a world of imagination – reflective and insightful – even as he dazzles with his astonishing […]

Imagine hearing great, departed pianists play again today, just as they would in person. John Q. Walker demonstrates how recordings can be analyzed for precise keystrokes and pedal motions, then played back on computer-controlled grand pianos. What we focus on is representing exactly is how musicians perform, John Q. Walker, Ph.D., Founder of Zenph Sound Innovations said. Using signal processing, […]

Ingolf Wunder is an exclusive artist of the label Deutsche Grammophon since February this year. June 17, 2011 will see the release of his first CD on the label with works by Chopin for solo piano. Wunder’s debut CD with Chopin and Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit was released in 2006 (ORF). He is prizewinner of numerous piano competitions; most […]

Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links collected during May 2011. Pianists on pianists Lady Gaga Fugue Results of the Arthur Rubinstein 13th competition Van Cliburn amateur piano competition – watch on-line Lang Lang on his upbringing, work and having fun Enjoy free listening with SPCO library Beethoven absolutely complete Doctor Lang Lang Hough knee-deep in cellophane […]