A new issue of the magazine International Piano is out! IP meets the Tuscany-born pianist Vanessa Benelli Mosell, a protégé of Stockhausen whose playing combines technical brilliance with an impeccable sense of style; celebrating the centenary of prodigious musical polymath Leonard Bernstein; Warsaw’s inaugural Chopin Competition on Period Instruments; and what insights can a harpsichordist offer pianists who play Bach? […]

A new issue of the magazine International Piano is out! In the January-February 2017 issue French superstar pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet brings erudition, insight and boundless energy to his complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas. Jeremy Nicholas can’t help but finding himself bowled over by the Gallic charm and boundless enthusiasm of this unique and stimulating talent. Melvyn Tan needs no introduction. […]

We wish you a Happy New Year with a list of highly recommended reading from Piano Street’s Classical Piano Blog. These are the 10 most read, discussed or shared articles of 2016. Yearly top lists: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 2013 Beauty and Hope in the 21st Century The recently published compilation “Beauty and Hope in the 21st […]

Free tickets for Piano Street’s members Thanks to a continuous collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall, all Piano Street members enjoy free access for 7 days to the Digital Concert Hall. Log in to your Piano Street account to get your free voucher code (value $10) which gives you instant access to the Digital Concert Hall. Take the […]

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a large number of easy dance pieces for piano. These pieces often remained unpublished; when this is the case they are catalogued as “WoO” (Werke ohne Opuszahl), “works without opus numbers”. For the piano student, these pieces are of course of great value. They offer the opportunity to get a taste of Beethoven’s piano writing, and […]

A new issue of the magazine International Piano is out! Nelson Goerner, described as ‘the poet-philosopher of the piano’, brings depth and delight to his take on Beethoven’s mighty Hammerklavier Sonata; we celebrate Alfred Brendel’s 85th birthday year with an assessment of his vast discography; IP’s pick of international competitions in 2017; and women pianists who blazed a trail in […]

The Piano Street team would like to say a special thank you to all piano fans around the world who like us on Facebook, where our page has recently passed 20,000 likes! Join us celebrating this milestone, on the theme of sharing, by spreading the enjoyment of classical piano music and the benefits of a Piano Street membership! Special 20k […]

At the Music Education Expo in London last week, we received a lot of positive feedback from piano teachers and students who had successfully used Piano Street’s Instructive Editions to improve the learning process. But we also became aware of a problem: they were difficult to find on the website. That problem is now solved and you can easily find […]

Note: This is an old post. For latest information about Instructive editions, please visit this page: www.pianostreet.com/instructive On the recent Music Education Expo in London, Piano Street presented a new concept for sheet music publication: The Piano Street Urtext & Instructive Edition Scores for all stages of learning Thanks to the possibilities of digital technology we are no longer limited […]

The first edition ever of a newly discovered piece by Mendelssohn was presented by Piano Street on the Music Education Expo in London earlier this month. The Urtext Piano Score and Autograph Manuscript are now available for download: Mendelssohn: Piano Piece in G, MWV U38 (Urtext Score) Mendelssohn: Piano Piece in G, MWV U38 (Autograph Manuscript) Pianist Roberto Prosseda has […]

Thanks to a collaboration with the Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall, all Piano Street members can enjoy free access for 48 hours to the Digital Concert Hall. Log in to your Piano Street account to get your free voucher code which gives you instant access to the Digital Concert Hall. (No PS account? Sign up for free here!) Take the […]

The most popular composer among Piano Street’s members is Frédéric Chopin. As a holiday gift to our members and the piano playing world, we have prepared piano scores of two of his masterpieces, in two different editions each. Farewell music? Do you know which compositions Chopin selected for his own funeral? Along with Mozart’s Requiem this short but remarkable composition […]