The rare combination of Yuja Wang and famous drummer and multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger performed together at the Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing on August 18th. As an artist-in-residence Yuja Wang returned to her homeland to form a unique musical partnership with the famous Austrian percussionist. With her outstanding technical and musical projection Wang belongs to a select group of […]

ABRSM has released a new Piano syllabus for candidates taking exams in 2017 and 2018. The syllabus offers a broad selection of inspiring pieces that have been carefully selected to offer variety and new challenges to teachers and learners alike. It features a range of works from composers from around the world. Penny Milsom, ABRSM’s Executive Director: Products and Services, […]

On May 13-15 Malmö Symphony Orchestra celebrated Johannes Brahms in their brand new acousitically praised concert hall named “Malmö Live” in Malmö, Sweden. The orchestra’s chief conductor Marc Soustrot performed the complete symphonies and invited world renowned performers like the Capucons and Nikolaj Znaider for the concertos including the legendary pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja who played both piano concertos at the […]

Designed to be used both during lessons and while practicing at home, Piano Street’s unique Instructive Editions will save time and effort by guiding and structuring your practice. Using them is like always practicing with a teacher next to you; demanding but incredibly effective. Chopin’s popular Waltz in A minor (opus posth.) and Clarke’s A Trumpet Minuet from the current […]

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 […]

The Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi, renowned for his career composing scores for television and movies, gives a performance among the icebergs of the Arctic in conjunction with Greenpeace in an attempt to draw attention to the plight of the region. By composing and performing his Elegy for the Arctic Ludovico Einaudi has added his voice to those of eight million […]

Since his triumph at the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition (the only American winner ever), pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although long regarded as one of the world’s leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, the Grammy Award-winner commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano […]

In a piano masterclass on Schubert’s Moments Musical at The International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Andras Schiff noted, for one of his students, that, in Schubert’s time, horse-drawn conveyances were the norm instead of just a tourist attraction.

Can “water practice” along with yoga and stretching enhance performance endurance and pianistic feeling? The luminous Sarah Willis, French horn player in Berliner Philharmoniker meets with Russian star pianist Daniil Trifonov in Hamburg while he is preparing for a recital. Trifonov is a 21st-century performer through and through. He’s got a presence in social media, he is open and honest […]

In Piano Street’s recent interview with Valentina Lisitsa she told us about the blind test her teacher gave the piano class at the music school in her youth. Three recordings were presented; Richter, Rubinstein and Rachmaninoff. Who was hammering out loud and who was the gentle, delicate player? Here we can hear Rachmaninoff play his own G minor Prelude Op. […]