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"Akiko's piano" survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and has featured in concert performances, films, and special events, conveying its message of peace. Now, 80 years after the bomb killed its owner, it has also participated in the Hiroshima premiere of the play Borrowed Landscape. Read more
The Preliminaries of the 19th International Chopin Competition are underway in the Chamber Music Hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic. From April 23 to May 4, 163 pianists from 28 countries are performing their best Chopin etudes, nocturnes, scherzos, and mazurkas. Watch all performances online and form your opinion about who is worthy of a place in the final stages of the competition this October. Read more
The piano, a sleek monument of polished wood and ivory keys, holds a curious, often paradoxical, position in music history, especially for women. While offering a crucial outlet for female expression in societies where opportunities were often limited, it also became a stage for complex gender dynamics, sometimes subtle, sometimes stark. From drawing-room whispers in the 19th century to the thunderous applause of today’s concert halls, the story of women and the piano is a narrative woven with threads of remarkable progress and stubbornly persistent challenges. Read more
Piano Day is an annual worldwide event that takes place on the 88th day of the year, which in 2025 is March 29. Established in 2015, it is now well known across the globe and this year we celebrate it’s 10th anniversary! Read more
For Paolo Fazioli, music isn’t just a profession – it’s a calling. In connection with the introduction of Fazioli's new model F198 and the presentation of The Cremona Musica Award 2024, we had the opportunity to get an exclusive interview with the famous instrument creator and award winner. Read more
Piano Street Site Updates
29 March 2025:
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
piano Street celebrate the 10th anniversary of World Piano Day.
17 November 2023:
The sheet music library now contains the complete solo keyboard pieces by J. S. Bach.
12 September 2023:
Rachmaninoff's complete piano works are now available in our sheet music library.
26 January 2023:
The complete piano works of 12 composers are now available in our sheet music library.
1 February 2022:
We celebrate 20 years online with an updated webdesign of pianostreet.com and a special bonus package for all our memebers!
10 January 2022:
Pages about composer have a new design with additional content and the best solo piano pieces listed separately for composers such as Beethoven and Chopin.
26 November 2021:
A new issue of the magazine about the world of piano competitions is available for free download at Piano Street.
8 October 2021:
Piano Street's multimedia tool for watching the Chopin Competition has been updated.
24 September 2021:
Piano Street participated in the annual Media Lounge of Cremona Musica.
15 January 2021:
Urtext editions of Debussy Clair de lune, Chopin Prelude in E minor and Major Piano Scales are now available to download for free at Piano Street.
24 October 2020:
New pieces by Bach and Mozart with piano practice tips have been added to the line of Instructive Editions.
10 April 2018:
Visit Piano Street at the Frankfurt Music Expo.
Piano News Flash
2025-05-30
Even elite athletes can't replicate movements identically. Our brains aren't wired for such machine-like consistency, regardless of practice. This isn't just about muscles; our brains play a crucial role in movement planning before any physical action occurs.
Read at bulletproofmusician.com
Does Practice Makes Perfect?
Even elite athletes can't replicate movements identically. Our brains aren't wired for such machine-like consistency, regardless of practice. This isn't just about muscles; our brains play a crucial role in movement planning before any physical action occurs.
Read at bulletproofmusician.com
2025-05-29
Can Ravel's complete piano works fill an evening? Yes. While less diverse than Debussy's, the programme cleverly avoided "too much water music" by reordering pieces. Placing Valses nobles et sentimentales before Gaspard de la nuit offered a refreshing shift in musical element.
Read at theartsdesk.com
Bavouzet's Ravel Complete
Can Ravel's complete piano works fill an evening? Yes. While less diverse than Debussy's, the programme cleverly avoided "too much water music" by reordering pieces. Placing Valses nobles et sentimentales before Gaspard de la nuit offered a refreshing shift in musical element.
Read at theartsdesk.com
2025-05-28
Shostakovich, initially a concert pianist like Scriabin and Rachmaninoff, shifted focus after an unsuccessful showing at the 1927 Chopin Competition. Though he abandoned a performance career, he continued composing and recording, including two piano concertos and sets of preludes and fugues in the Bach tradition.
Read at interlude.hk
Yuja's Shostakovich
Shostakovich, initially a concert pianist like Scriabin and Rachmaninoff, shifted focus after an unsuccessful showing at the 1927 Chopin Competition. Though he abandoned a performance career, he continued composing and recording, including two piano concertos and sets of preludes and fugues in the Bach tradition.
Read at interlude.hk
2025-05-27
Florence Beatrice Price, wrote over 300 works, some still performed today. Though a professor, organist, and accompanist, she's celebrated as the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra—her Symphony in E minor by the Chicago Symphony in 1933 which also premiered her Piano Concerto the following year.
Read at wqxr.org
Get to Know Florence Price
Florence Beatrice Price, wrote over 300 works, some still performed today. Though a professor, organist, and accompanist, she's celebrated as the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra—her Symphony in E minor by the Chicago Symphony in 1933 which also premiered her Piano Concerto the following year.
Read at wqxr.org
2025-05-27
The 19th century saw pianos become central to middle-class homes, with children often showcasing musical skills. This era's technological advancements also birthed the player piano. In 1896, Edwin S. Votey created the Pianola, an external pneumatic mechanism that brought automated music to the home.
Read at interlude.hk
Player Piano Day!
The 19th century saw pianos become central to middle-class homes, with children often showcasing musical skills. This era's technological advancements also birthed the player piano. In 1896, Edwin S. Votey created the Pianola, an external pneumatic mechanism that brought automated music to the home.
Read at interlude.hk
2025-05-26
While the casework was significantly altered, Moór's invention was truly a dual keyboard system for traditional pianos. Its aim was to simplify complex compositions and large intervals, such as those found in works by Rachmaninov and Chopin, making them more accessible to play.
Read at worldpianonews.com
The Moór Pianoforte.
While the casework was significantly altered, Moór's invention was truly a dual keyboard system for traditional pianos. Its aim was to simplify complex compositions and large intervals, such as those found in works by Rachmaninov and Chopin, making them more accessible to play.
Read at worldpianonews.com
2025-05-25
Pianist-composer Hiromi Uehara possesses restless creativity, seamlessly blending solo classical works with high-octane fusion since 2003. She's collaborated widely, notably with jazz legends like Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea, who famously invited her to duet at age 17.
Read at wrti.org
Hiromi in Ten Takes
Pianist-composer Hiromi Uehara possesses restless creativity, seamlessly blending solo classical works with high-octane fusion since 2003. She's collaborated widely, notably with jazz legends like Stanley Clarke and Chick Corea, who famously invited her to duet at age 17.
Read at wrti.org
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From Wigmore Hall, London. Sonatas by Beethoven.
Listen at wigmore-hall.co.uk
Latest Piano Albums
2025-05-25
Yuja Wang:
In Shostavich's sporadic piano output, the crowning achievements are two piano concertos, and a set of twenty-four preludes and fugues – a complex musical dialogue with Bach regarded as one of the masterpieces of the modern keyboard literature. Here, Yuja Wang performs the Concertos together with Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons, and rounds off with a selection of Preludes and Fugues.
Listen on NML >
Yuja Wang:
Shostakovich – Piano Concertos & Solo Works
In Shostavich's sporadic piano output, the crowning achievements are two piano concertos, and a set of twenty-four preludes and fugues – a complex musical dialogue with Bach regarded as one of the masterpieces of the modern keyboard literature. Here, Yuja Wang performs the Concertos together with Boston Symphony and Andris Nelsons, and rounds off with a selection of Preludes and Fugues.
Listen on NML >
2025-05-19
Justin Taylor:
JustinTaylor pursues a multifaceted career as a harpsichordist and pianist, both as a soloist and as a chamber music player. His 2023 album Bach & Italy picked up plenty of awards, including Diapason d’Or of the Year, and BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice. On this album, he performs on a Pleyel pianino of 1839, the instrument of silvery, velvet sonorities on which Chopin composed his Preludes.
Listen on NML >
Justin Taylor:
Chopin intime
JustinTaylor pursues a multifaceted career as a harpsichordist and pianist, both as a soloist and as a chamber music player. His 2023 album Bach & Italy picked up plenty of awards, including Diapason d’Or of the Year, and BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice. On this album, he performs on a Pleyel pianino of 1839, the instrument of silvery, velvet sonorities on which Chopin composed his Preludes.
Listen on NML >
2025-05-13
Duo Geniušas-Geniushene:
Husband-and-wife piano duo explores 20th century music for piano duo, with John Adams' Halleluja Junction, named after a truck stop near the California-Nevada border, as the centerpiece. Lukas is a laureate of several prestigious piano competitions, including Tchaikovsky (2015) and Chopin (2010); Anna was the runner-up to Yunchan Lim at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition.
Listen on NML >
Duo Geniušas-Geniushene:
Hallelujah Junction – Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin, Copland
Husband-and-wife piano duo explores 20th century music for piano duo, with John Adams' Halleluja Junction, named after a truck stop near the California-Nevada border, as the centerpiece. Lukas is a laureate of several prestigious piano competitions, including Tchaikovsky (2015) and Chopin (2010); Anna was the runner-up to Yunchan Lim at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition.
Listen on NML >
2025-05-10
Morta Grigaliunaite:
It was the sense of otherworldliness that primarily drew Morta Grigaliunaite to Rautavaara's music. "The prospect of recording these works intrigued me for several years, yet I was overwhelmed by its magnitude. Finally, I decided to embrace this challenge, constantly reflecting on how Rautavaara’s music…consistently hovers between our world and the realm of the unknown."
Listen on NML >
Morta Grigaliunaite:
Rautavaara – Complete Piano Works
It was the sense of otherworldliness that primarily drew Morta Grigaliunaite to Rautavaara's music. "The prospect of recording these works intrigued me for several years, yet I was overwhelmed by its magnitude. Finally, I decided to embrace this challenge, constantly reflecting on how Rautavaara’s music…consistently hovers between our world and the realm of the unknown."
Listen on NML >