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Do piano competitions offer a good, fair, and attractive basis for a complete pianist and musician? In today’s scene, many competition organizers have started including additional elements for judging with a focus on preparing the competitor for a real, multifaceted musical life that reaches beyond prize money and temporary fame. Ralf Gothóni, the creator of a new kind of piano competition in Shanghai, shares his insights with us. Read more
In today’s crowded music competition landscape, it’s challenging for young musicians to discern which opportunities are truly worthwhile. The new 2025 edition of the Argerich-Alink Foundation’s comprehensive guide to piano competitions, provides valuable insights and inspiration for those competing or aspiring to compete, but also for anyone who just wants an updated overview of the global piano landscape. Read more
“Practice makes perfect” is a common mantra for any pianist, but we all know it’s an oversimplification. While practice often leads to improvement, true perfection is elusive.
But according to recent research, a robotic exoskeleton hand could help pianists improve their speed of performing difficult pianistic patterns, by overcoming the well-known “ceiling effect”. Read more
Ruth Slenczynska, one of the most mesmerizing pianists alive today, celebrates her 100th birthday on January 15, 2025. A former child prodigy, her nine-decade career represents a living link to the Golden Age of the Piano, embodying its spirit through her artistry, her lineage, and her role as a keeper of its traditions. Read more
We wish you a Happy New Year with a list of recommended reading from Piano Street. These are the most read, discussed or shared articles of 2024. Read more
Piano News Flash
2025-03-04
Amidst Hiroshima's atomic devastation, a survivor: Akiko Kawamoto's piano. Born in Los Angeles (1926), she moved to Hiroshima with her family in 1933, bringing their piano. At 19, she perished 800 meters from the 1945 blast. Plans exist to bring her story to Hiroshima for the 80th anniversary.
Read at nhk.or.jp
A Surviving Piano's Story
Amidst Hiroshima's atomic devastation, a survivor: Akiko Kawamoto's piano. Born in Los Angeles (1926), she moved to Hiroshima with her family in 1933, bringing their piano. At 19, she perished 800 meters from the 1945 blast. Plans exist to bring her story to Hiroshima for the 80th anniversary.
Read at nhk.or.jp
2025-03-04
Reserved Lim's Goldbergs defied convention. His ambitious performance, especially the initial variations, revealed a musician unbound by formula. His musical vision, though quietly expressed, was powerfully and undeniably free.
Read at sfcv.org
Lim Takes on Goldbergs
Reserved Lim's Goldbergs defied convention. His ambitious performance, especially the initial variations, revealed a musician unbound by formula. His musical vision, though quietly expressed, was powerfully and undeniably free.
Read at sfcv.org
2025-03-02
Piano accompanists at the Paris and Lyon Conservatories have been striking since February 12, 2025, demanding fair pay and an end to a €1,650 monthly wage cap. Faculty and others support their protest against insufficient salaries.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
Collaborating Pianists on Strike!
Piano accompanists at the Paris and Lyon Conservatories have been striking since February 12, 2025, demanding fair pay and an end to a €1,650 monthly wage cap. Faculty and others support their protest against insufficient salaries.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
2025-03-01
Enrique Granados's Goyescas, inspired by Goya, began as a 1911 piano suite. In 1915, he adapted it into a one-act opera, debuting at the Met in 1916. Originally for Paris, WWI moved it to New York, making it the Met's first Spanish opera.
Read at interlude.hk
Making an Opera from a Piano Work
Enrique Granados's Goyescas, inspired by Goya, began as a 1911 piano suite. In 1915, he adapted it into a one-act opera, debuting at the Met in 1916. Originally for Paris, WWI moved it to New York, making it the Met's first Spanish opera.
Read at interlude.hk
2025-02-28
How many overlooked piano concerto masterpieces exist? Ten leading pianists reveal their choices of undeservedly neglected concertos. For a list of the greatest, most iconic piano concertos, those requiring no introduction.
Read at classical-music.com
Overlooked Piano Concertos
How many overlooked piano concerto masterpieces exist? Ten leading pianists reveal their choices of undeservedly neglected concertos. For a list of the greatest, most iconic piano concertos, those requiring no introduction.
Read at classical-music.com
2025-02-27
Which training method was Clara following when young, or what do you know about her being the first female to teach at the Hoch Conservatory 1878–1892? Give the Quiz a try!
Read at interlude.hk
Take the Clara Schumann Quiz!
Which training method was Clara following when young, or what do you know about her being the first female to teach at the Hoch Conservatory 1878–1892? Give the Quiz a try!
Read at interlude.hk
2025-02-26
Though solo piano music was peripheral to Philip Glass's early career, he increasingly performed his own works from the 1990s onward. To expand his repertoire and refine his skills, he composed Etudes, virtuosic pieces containing some of his most personal music.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
Glass' Complete Etudes
Though solo piano music was peripheral to Philip Glass's early career, he increasingly performed his own works from the 1990s onward. To expand his repertoire and refine his skills, he composed Etudes, virtuosic pieces containing some of his most personal music.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
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2025-03-04
Seong-Jin Cho:
10 years after his first prize victory in the Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho has prepared a monumentous body of work for the 150th birthday anniversary of Maurice Ravel. It's being released in three installments over three months, and includes the complete solo piano works, the piano concertos, and a “Ravel Complete” box set with bonus material and previously unreleased recordings.
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Seong-Jin Cho:
Ravel – Piano Concertos
10 years after his first prize victory in the Chopin Competition, Seong-Jin Cho has prepared a monumentous body of work for the 150th birthday anniversary of Maurice Ravel. It's being released in three installments over three months, and includes the complete solo piano works, the piano concertos, and a “Ravel Complete” box set with bonus material and previously unreleased recordings.
Listen on NML >
2025-02-28
Lise de la Salle:
Liszt has occupied a special place in the repertoire of Lise de la Salle. Her second solo recording (2005) was a very successful Liszt recital, and a sequel in 2011 confirmed her status as a great interpreter of his works. On this new album, she tackles what many consider the composer's greatest masterpiece, the Piano Sonata in B minor, paired with the Réminiscences de Don Juan (a fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni).
Listen on NML >
Lise de la Salle:
Phantasmagoria – Liszt
Liszt has occupied a special place in the repertoire of Lise de la Salle. Her second solo recording (2005) was a very successful Liszt recital, and a sequel in 2011 confirmed her status as a great interpreter of his works. On this new album, she tackles what many consider the composer's greatest masterpiece, the Piano Sonata in B minor, paired with the Réminiscences de Don Juan (a fantasy on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni).
Listen on NML >
2025-02-25
Alice Sara Ott:
Field's music was not part of Alice Sarah Ott's musical education, but when she started listening to his Nocturnes, she found them strangely familiar; "Some of them had the charm and simplicity of a Mozart Andante, while others had the form and mischievous humor of early Beethoven. And then there were the ones where, through their improvisatory embellishments and sparkling scales, but also the bittersweet melancholy, one could glimpse the future style of Chopin.
Listen on NML >
Alice Sara Ott:
Field – Complete Nocturnes
Field's music was not part of Alice Sarah Ott's musical education, but when she started listening to his Nocturnes, she found them strangely familiar; "Some of them had the charm and simplicity of a Mozart Andante, while others had the form and mischievous humor of early Beethoven. And then there were the ones where, through their improvisatory embellishments and sparkling scales, but also the bittersweet melancholy, one could glimpse the future style of Chopin.
Listen on NML >
2025-02-21
Yunjie Chen:
Liszt's Transcendental Etudes are often referred to as the Mount Everest of piano studies and some of the most challenging pieces ever written for piano. Yunjie Chen, one of the most prominent Chinese pianists of his generation and a professor at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, has always wanted to add a fresh perspective: "To me, this music is simply great poetry – a set of musical miniatures that are intricate, delicate, and poetic."
Listen on NML >
Yunjie Chen:
Liszt – Études d'exécution transcendante
Liszt's Transcendental Etudes are often referred to as the Mount Everest of piano studies and some of the most challenging pieces ever written for piano. Yunjie Chen, one of the most prominent Chinese pianists of his generation and a professor at the Central Conservatory in Beijing, has always wanted to add a fresh perspective: "To me, this music is simply great poetry – a set of musical miniatures that are intricate, delicate, and poetic."
Listen on NML >
Piano Street Site Updates
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.
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.