Piano Street Magazine
Latest piano news

Keep up to date with the steady stream of inspiring piano-related news.

News Flash
Piano Albums

A selection of the best new releases of recorded piano music.

New albums
Article Index

Over 400 interviews, news, videos and in-depth articles about all kinds of piano-related topics.

All Articles
Join Piano Street

...for unlimited access.

Sign-up Now

13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg

December 15th, 2011 in Piano News by

“13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg” is a set of new pieces inspired by the aria of the Goldbergs, the piece that is the subject of the original variations themselves. Twelve composers were commissioned to write these solo piano works by the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in 2004, where they were originally played by the pianist Gilbert Kalish. No […]

Read article

Dr. Walker Making Dead Pianists Come Alive

June 18th, 2011 in Piano News by | 9 comments

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, […]

Read article

Gabriela Montero – Uniting the Worlds of Composition and Improvisation

August 28th, 2009 in Top Video Picks by | 2 comments

Pianists post-Liszt, however, blended improvisation with playing from memory so that “Performing a composition by heart fostered the impression that interpretation could have the freedom and spontaneity of an improvisation, but linked to music of greater complexity and–implicity–quality” (from After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance by Kenneth Hamilton, 2008). While there’s some element of improvisation (interpretation is […]

Read article