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LIVE STREAM: Beethoven with Barenboim and Berliner Philharmoniker

January 10th, 2020 in Piano News by | 1 comment

Daniel Barenboim joins the Berliner Philharmoniker for three performances of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, led by chief conductor Kirill Petrenko. We are immensely happy about our continuous collaboration with Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall which enables us to invite our members to the live streaming of the January 11 performance in Berliner Philharmonie. A long-time and […]

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Dear Glenn – Can Yamaha Bring Gould’s Genius Back to Life?

January 9th, 2020 in Piano News by | 9 comments

Yamaha’s ongoing project to develop a piano playing Artificial Intelligence system has been dubbed “Dear Glenn”, as a tribute to Glenn Gould. The project is “inspired by his unique creative style and launched to explore the future of music through the use of artificial intelligence.” The famous Canadian pianist announced the end of his concert career at age 31 and […]

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A Jazz Piano Christmas 2019

December 13th, 2019 in Piano News by | 1 comment

NPR’s traditional season’s celebration ”A Piano Jazz Christmas”, was recorded live from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and offers a joyful mix of musical Christmas glitter from both the East and the West Coast of the United States. This year’s pianistic line-up features Joshua White from Southern California, known for combining the passion […]

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Resonance Piano – Recreating Piano Sound

November 26th, 2019 in Piano News by | 1 comment

We are living in times when acoustical and digital soundworlds merge in a multiplicity of ways. This year’s Cremona Musica exhibition offered a chance to experience some of the latest innovations in piano sound. The 98 kilograms Resonance Piano is not an instrument in the traditional sense, but a grand piano designed soundboard functioning as a digital piano’s ”amplifier”. Its […]

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The Piano Experience Fest

October 6th, 2019 in Piano News by

Now an established and important annual event, Cremona Musica once again opened its doors and welcomed a huge number of visitors to experience an extraordinary 180 events program of concerts, lectures, manufacturers exhibits, round-table discussions along with lovely touristic venues in beautiful Cremona – city of violins. The rich mix of the program offers something for everybody and gives the […]

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The World of Piano Competitions – New Issue

September 24th, 2019 in Piano News by | 1 comment

As a collaborating partner Piano Street is proud to present the second issue of The World of Piano Competitions, a new magazine initiated by PIANIST Magazine (Netherlands and Germany) and its Editor-in-Chief Eric Schoones. Here we get a rich insight into the world of international piano competitions through the eyes of its producers and participants. Click cover to download: Contributing […]

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Piano Practice and the 10,000-hour Rule

September 22nd, 2019 in Piano News by | 5 comments

A recent study seems to have dealt a blow to the often cited idea that 10,000 hours of practice will make an expert of anyone. “The idea has become really entrenched in our culture, but it’s an oversimplification,” says Brooke Macnamara, a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The origins of the 10,000-hour theory The 10,000-hour theory […]

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The Riga Jurmala Festival – First Edition

September 5th, 2019 in Piano News by

The first edition of the Riga Jurmala Festival featured four weekends throughout July, August and September with an impressive lineup of world-famous pianists, including Rudolf Buchbinder, Yuja Wang, Seong-Jin Cho, Lukas Geniušas, Jan Lisiecki, Denis Kozhukhin, The Osokins and Lucas Debargue. Verbier Festival wizard Martin T:son Engstroem was headhunted to create the new prestigious Latvian music festival. The festival took […]

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David Klavins Exploring the Limits of Piano Construction

July 31st, 2019 in Piano News by | 3 comments

Many a pianist have heard about David Klavins, the German-Latvian piano maker. Back in 1987, he introduced the world’s largest upright piano; Model 370, which is two floors high. German musician Nils Frahm recorded an album on it, and the proceeds helped finance Klavins’ next project which was building an even bigger piano. The collaboration with Nils Frahm has since […]

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Alexandre Kantorow Wins Tchaikovsky Competition

June 28th, 2019 in Piano News by | 2 comments

The 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition concluded at night on June 27, naming the winners across its six categories. In the piano category the Gold Medal went to the French pianist Alexandre Kantorow. Notably, Kantorow was the only finalist playing Tchaikovsky’s Second Piano Concerto and not the ever popular First. Hear his performance of this work and Brahms Piano Concerto No. […]

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What’s Inside Steinway’s Secret Vault?

June 23rd, 2019 in Piano News by | 2 comments

To get inside Steinways’s new secret addition to their New York Factory, you must be invited. “The Vault” has over $3 million in exotic veneers, waiting for the right buyer at the right time. Steinway’s highly secure selection room that’s reserved for only its top clientele, showcases some of the rarest and most grail-worthy pianos the company has ever built. […]

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German Piano Award 2019

April 10th, 2019 in Piano News by

Frankfurt Musikmesse kicked off its 2019 edition by presenting the 9th edition of The International German Piano Award’s Grand-Prix-Final Concerts initiated by The International Piano Forum (IPF), which was founded in 2008 by friends and supporters of classical piano music. It offers outstanding young national and international artistic personalities a platform accompanying them on their way to an international career. […]

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