{"id":10201,"date":"2019-12-31T16:14:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=10201"},"modified":"2022-03-02T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:05:09","slug":"piano-streets-top-picks-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/piano-streets-top-picks-of-2019-10201\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Street\u2019s Top Picks of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/happy-new-year-2018.jpg\" alt=\"Happy New Piano Year!\" title=\"Happy New Piano Year!\" width=\"100%\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/happy-new-year-2018.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/happy-new-year-2018-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>--><\/p>\n<p><strong>We wish you a Happy New Year with a list of highly recommended reading from Piano Street. These are the 15 most read, discussed or shared articles of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\/The Piano Street Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>P.S. The top list is also published on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pianostreet\">Facebook page<\/a>. Feel free to share the list your piano playing friends!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yearly top lists: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/piano-streets-top-picks-of-2021-11377\/\">2021<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/piano-streets-top-picks-of-2020-10960\/\">2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/piano-street-top-picks-of-2018-9651\/\">2018<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/top-picks-of-2017-8908\/\">2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/top-picks-of-2016-8352\/\">2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/top-picks-of-2015-7825\/\">2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/top-picks-of-2014-7374\/\">2014<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/happy-new-year-top-picks-of-2013-6659\/\">2013<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/digital-piano-oh-no-100-analogue-9690\/\">Digital Piano? Oh No \u2013 100% Analogue!<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/digital-piano-oh-no-100-analogue-9690\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/20instrumentsin1-430px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What happens when innovative acoustical ideas come across a vintage broken piano? Well, Ukrainian musicians transformed it into a unique and completely analog hybrid of 20 different instruments that are each connected and controlled by the piano keys. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/digital-piano-oh-no-100-analogue-9690\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/igor-levit-life-9675\/\">Igor Levit\u2019s Eternal Transcendence: \u201cLife\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/igor-levit-life-9675\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/levit-life.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Igor Levit\u2019s acclaimed album \u201cLife\u201d has attracted a lot of attention and its selected works have also been included in Levit\u2019s recent recital programs worldwide. This is a profound, versatile and firm reaction to the death and loss of his best friend reflecting inner calm elaborating on an existential level. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/igor-levit-life-9675\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/whats-inside-steinways-secret-vault-9909\/\">What\u2019s Inside Steinway\u2019s Secret Vault?<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/whats-inside-steinways-secret-vault-9909\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/the-vault-entrance-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>To get inside Steinways\u2019s new secret addition to their New York Factory, you must be invited. \u201cThe Vault\u201d has over $3 million in exotic veneers, waiting for the right buyer at the right time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/whats-inside-steinways-secret-vault-9909\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/huangci-rachmaninoff-preludes-9701\/\">Claire Huangci&#8217;s Complete Perspective: The Rachmaninoff Preludes<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/huangci-rachmaninoff-preludes-9701\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/claire-huacgci-300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Pianist Claire Huangci, winner of the Geza Anda Competition 2018, just played in New York celebrating the launch of her new Rachmaninoff Preludes album on Berlin Classics. Like her complete Chopin Nocturnes album before that \u2013 for the same label \u2013 the complete Rachmaninoff 24 Preludes has been received with great acclaim internationally. Piano Street asked the ever touring pianist a few questions about her latest release. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/albums\/huangci-rachmaninoff-preludes-9701\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/david-klavins-exploring-the-limits-of-piano-construction-9961\/\">David Klavins Exploring the Limits of Piano Construction<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/david-klavins-exploring-the-limits-of-piano-construction-9961\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/klavins-plays-model470i-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Back in 1987, the German-Latvian piano maker David Klavins introduced the world&#8217;s largest upright piano; Model 370, which is two floors high. On display to the public for the first time on Friday this week, the even bigger Model 470i has already created a buzz among piano enthusiasts. Piano Street&#8217;s Patrick Jovell had a talk with David Klavins about his latest innovations. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/david-klavins-exploring-the-limits-of-piano-construction-9961\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/piano-practice-and-the-10000-hour-rule-10026\/\">Piano Practice and the 10,000-hour Rule<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/piano-practice-and-the-10000-hour-rule-10026\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/piano-practice-612-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>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. \u201cThe idea has become really entrenched in our culture, but it\u2019s an oversimplification,\u201d says Brooke Macnamara, a psychologist at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/piano-practice-and-the-10000-hour-rule-10026\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/keep-track-of-the-latest-piano-albums-with-piano-street-9784\/\">Keep Track of the Latest Piano Albums with Piano Street<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/keep-track-of-the-latest-piano-albums-with-piano-street-9784\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/listening-to-piano-albums-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Piano Street\u2019s mission is to promote classical piano music, and we are always looking for new ways to enable you to listen, learn, and play. There\u2019s no question that piano playing is thriving all over the world, and on the World Wide Web \u2013 just look at the flood of new recordings, videos, and streamed concerts constantly available just a few clicks away. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/keep-track-of-the-latest-piano-albums-with-piano-street-9784\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/recent-additions-to-the-piano-street-sheet-music-library-10166\/\">200+ Pieces Added to Piano Street\u2019s Sheet Music Library<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/recent-additions-to-the-piano-street-sheet-music-library-10166\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/turkish-march.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There is no end to our efforts to render the Piano Street sheet music library more and more complete. In recent months, we\u2019ve added a large number of pieces by some of the greatest composers \u2013 Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, and Grieg. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/site-news\/recent-additions-to-the-piano-street-sheet-music-library-10166\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/chopin-and-his-europe-9747\/\">Chopin and His Europe<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/chopin-and-his-europe-9747\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/chopin-revolutionary-autograph-900-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The whole piano world is teaming up for the 18th International Chopin Competition to be held in Warsaw, 2 to 23 October 2020. Stanislaw Leszczynski of The Chopin Institute talked to Piano Street\u2019s Patrick Jovell at the Philharmonie in Warsaw. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/chopin-and-his-europe-9747\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/build-a-paper-piano-with-nintendo-labo-9809\/\">Build a Paper Piano with Nintendo Labo!<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/build-a-paper-piano-with-nintendo-labo-9809\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/nintendo-labo-piano-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Not enough space for a piano? A foldable paper piano may solve that particular problem but don\u2019t expect to play your favourite piano pieces on it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/build-a-paper-piano-with-nintendo-labo-9809\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/through-nupens-eyes-young-legends-play-mozart-9872\/\">Through Nupen\u2019s Eyes: Young Legends Play Mozart<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/through-nupens-eyes-young-legends-play-mozart-9872\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\" https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/nupen-legends-mozart-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On 11 March 1966, two great young pianists appeared together in public for the first time: Daniel Barenboim and Vladimir Ashkenazy played Mozart&#8217;s Concerto for two pianos at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon. Looking in the back mirror we realize the unique importance of this performance hi-lighting the two young pianists in the middle of building world famous careers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/through-nupens-eyes-young-legends-play-mozart-9872\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/alexander-gadjiev-to-save-the-world-9853\/\">Alexander Gadjiev \u2013 To Save the World<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/alexander-gadjiev-to-save-the-world-9853\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/alexander_gadjiev-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our meeting took place in Krefeld, at Kawai \u2013 the Japanese make of piano with which Alexander Gadjiev has become so familiar since his success at the Hamamatsu competition. Now his career is really taking off in Europe too: Gadjiev is a BBC New Generation Artist until the end of 2021 and is also one of the 25 chosen contestants at the upcoming 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition, 17-29 June in Moscow. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/alexander-gadjiev-to-save-the-world-9853\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/success-or-just-a-sensation-stuart-isacoff-on-van-cliburns-moscow-win-60-years-on-9887\/\">Success, or Just a Sensation? Stuart Isacoff on Van Cliburn\u2019s Moscow Win \u2014 60 Years On<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/success-or-just-a-sensation-stuart-isacoff-on-van-cliburns-moscow-win-60-years-on-9887\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/isacoff-cliburn-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Piano Street has met the author of When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn\u2019s Cold War Triumph and Its Aftermath, a personal and moving book presenting a sympathetic but honest account of the life of the legendary American pianist. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/success-or-just-a-sensation-stuart-isacoff-on-van-cliburns-moscow-win-60-years-on-9887\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/the-world-of-piano-competitions-new-issue-10051\/\">The World of Piano Competitions \u2013 New Issue<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/the-world-of-piano-competitions-new-issue-10051\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/piano-competitions-2-2019-frontpage-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>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. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/the-world-of-piano-competitions-new-issue-10051\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a style=\"color: #000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/nelson-goerner-exploring-the-depths-10073\/\">Nelson Goerner \u2013 Exploring the depths<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 12px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/nelson-goerner-exploring-the-depths-10073\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/NG_JBM6332cJean-Baptiste-Millot-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Nelson Goerner is a sort of \u2018rare bird\u2019 on the concert platform. Each of his concerts is a unique experience. His most recent CDs featuring major works by Brahms, Godowsky and Paderewski are simply breathtaking. Eric Schoones met him in Groningen to discuss his recordings, his views on his artistry and about Maria Tipo, with whom he studied. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/articles\/nelson-goerner-exploring-the-depths-10073\/\">Read more &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We wish you a Happy New Year with a list of highly recommended reading from Piano Street. These are the 15 most read, discussed or shared articles of 2019. \/The Piano Street Team P.S. The top list is also published on our Facebook page. Feel free to share the list your piano playing friends! 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