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The motivations for learning the piano are diverse, ranging from personal enjoyment to cultural appreciation and professional aspirations. While some see it as a way to connect with cultural heritage, others pursue it as a path to fame and fortune. In the movie “Piano Dreams” director Gary Lennon documents the struggles and sacrifices of three wannabe piano stars in modern China. Read more
Celebrating its 20th anniversary the festival “Chopin and His Europe” included the thematic title “And the Rest of the World”, featuring world-renowned pianists and international and national top ensembles and orchestras. As usual the event explored Chopin's music through diverse perspectives, spanning four centuries of repertoire. Piano Street presents a selection of concerts videos including an interview with the festival’s founder, Chopin Institute’s Stanislaw Leszczynski. Read more
If you’re in the market for a piano, be cautious of a new scam that’s targeting music lovers, businesses, schools, and churches. Scammers are offering “free” pianos but with hidden fees that can add up to hundreds of dollars and, as you may have guessed, the piano will never be delivered. Read more
Piano Street’s digital sheet music library is constantly growing. With the additions made during the past months, we now offer the complete solo piano works by sixteen of the most famous Classical, Romantic and Impressionist composers in the web’s most pianist friendly user interface. Read more
The great early 20th-century composer Alexander Scriabin left us 74 published opuses, and several unpublished manuscripts, mainly from his teenage years – when he would never go to bed without first putting a copy of Chopin’s music under his pillow. All of these scores (220 pieces in total) can now be found on Piano Street’s Scriabin page. Read more
Piano News Flash
2024-10-15
Many believe they can tune pianos themselves, often purchasing low-quality tuning levers online. While higher-quality levers offer versatility, tuning requires skill and extensive practice. Digital instruments and electronic music are gaining popularity, but according to Chris Steedman, they lack the authentic sound and feel of traditional pianos.
Read at brignews.com
A Piano Tuner Talk
Many believe they can tune pianos themselves, often purchasing low-quality tuning levers online. While higher-quality levers offer versatility, tuning requires skill and extensive practice. Digital instruments and electronic music are gaining popularity, but according to Chris Steedman, they lack the authentic sound and feel of traditional pianos.
Read at brignews.com
2024-10-15
Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata is his longest piano sonata and, in his opinion, his finest. He began composing it in or around December 1817, following a year-long creative hiatus caused by a previous illness.
Read at pianistmagazine.com
Hamelin on the Hammerklavier
Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" sonata is his longest piano sonata and, in his opinion, his finest. He began composing it in or around December 1817, following a year-long creative hiatus caused by a previous illness.
Read at pianistmagazine.com
2024-10-15
The jury for this year's Chopin Competition will consist of renowned Chopin specialists, including former winners, teachers, and experts on Chopin's life and work. Garrick Ohlsson, the first non-Polish Jury Chairman in the competition's history, will preside over the 19th edition.
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The Jury of the 19th Chopin Competition
The jury for this year's Chopin Competition will consist of renowned Chopin specialists, including former winners, teachers, and experts on Chopin's life and work. Garrick Ohlsson, the first non-Polish Jury Chairman in the competition's history, will preside over the 19th edition.
Read at nifc.pl
2024-10-14
A video has surfaced online featuring the renowned composer Dmitri Shostakovich playing the piano. Shared on Instagram, citing musicologist Peter Laul, the video shows Shostakovich performing a remarkably fast and agile rendition of his own piano arrangement of the opening of the third act of his 1932 opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Read at classicfm.com
Shostakovich at the Piano
A video has surfaced online featuring the renowned composer Dmitri Shostakovich playing the piano. Shared on Instagram, citing musicologist Peter Laul, the video shows Shostakovich performing a remarkably fast and agile rendition of his own piano arrangement of the opening of the third act of his 1932 opera, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Read at classicfm.com
2024-10-13
Sony Classical has released a new three-CD set featuring Johannes Brahms' music, performed by pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Christian Thielemann. The recordings, particularly of the piano concertos, exhibit a remarkably warm, almost vinyl-like quality, partly due to the acoustics of the Vienna Musikverein.
Read at blogcritics.org
What About Levit on Brahms?
Sony Classical has released a new three-CD set featuring Johannes Brahms' music, performed by pianist Igor Levit and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Christian Thielemann. The recordings, particularly of the piano concertos, exhibit a remarkably warm, almost vinyl-like quality, partly due to the acoustics of the Vienna Musikverein.
Read at blogcritics.org
2024-10-12
The organizers of the the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, have announced that Russian pianists will only be eligible to participate in the 2025 edition if they compete under a neutral flag and publicly denounce Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
Neutral Flag in Warsaw 2025
The organizers of the the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, have announced that Russian pianists will only be eligible to participate in the 2025 edition if they compete under a neutral flag and publicly denounce Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Read at theviolinchannel.com
2024-10-11
Following the success of the Divas & Icons exhibition, a new temporary exhibition will open at the House of Music Hungary in January 2025. In the meantime, a free pop-up exhibition honoring renowned pianist Gyorgy Cziffra will debut in the foyer of the institution in ear
Read at hungarytoday.hu
The Pianist with 50 Fingers
Following the success of the Divas & Icons exhibition, a new temporary exhibition will open at the House of Music Hungary in January 2025. In the meantime, a free pop-up exhibition honoring renowned pianist Gyorgy Cziffra will debut in the foyer of the institution in ear
Read at hungarytoday.hu
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2024-10-14
Roger Muraro:
Franz Liszt was twenty-four when he began composing the Années de pèlerinage, and would continue to work on the cycle for the rest of his life. As Liszt himself declared, it aims to express – more than words, more than images – an ineffable poetry of sound. After devoting the last few years to contemporary music, Roger Muraro now gives renewed priority to the Romantic repertory.
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Roger Muraro:
Liszt – Années de pèlerinage
Franz Liszt was twenty-four when he began composing the Années de pèlerinage, and would continue to work on the cycle for the rest of his life. As Liszt himself declared, it aims to express – more than words, more than images – an ineffable poetry of sound. After devoting the last few years to contemporary music, Roger Muraro now gives renewed priority to the Romantic repertory.
Listen on NML >
2024-10-12
Shorena Tsintsabadze:
After two albums featuring the Western heroes of Romanticism – Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff – Shorena Tsintsabadze turns to her roots in Georgia. "There is no more beautiful place in the world... With this project, I would like to present the music of Georgian composers from different eras, from the 19th century to the present."
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Shorena Tsintsabadze:
Georgian Project
After two albums featuring the Western heroes of Romanticism – Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff – Shorena Tsintsabadze turns to her roots in Georgia. "There is no more beautiful place in the world... With this project, I would like to present the music of Georgian composers from different eras, from the 19th century to the present."
Listen on NML >
2024-10-09
Claire Huangci:
American music is a melting pot of musical styles and influences. However, Claire Huangci sees a prevalent trait connecting them all – a daring spirit and freshness, a defiance of traditions, and rejuvenation in musical form and sound. It is represented here by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, Barber's Piano Sonata, and Earl Wild's Etudes after Gershwin.
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Claire Huangci:
Made in USA
American music is a melting pot of musical styles and influences. However, Claire Huangci sees a prevalent trait connecting them all – a daring spirit and freshness, a defiance of traditions, and rejuvenation in musical form and sound. It is represented here by Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Amy Beach's Variations on Balkan Themes, Barber's Piano Sonata, and Earl Wild's Etudes after Gershwin.
Listen on NML >
2024-10-07
Fazil Say:
Oiseaux tristes takes its name from the second piece of Ravel’s Miroirs, in Fazil Say's opinion "one of the most comprehensive and interesting works in the piano repertoire." The two other works on the album are Debussy's Suite Bergamasque and Couperin's Ordre No. 21, to which Say was introduced by a harpsichordist friend in Istanbul.
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Fazil Say:
Oiseax tristes
Oiseaux tristes takes its name from the second piece of Ravel’s Miroirs, in Fazil Say's opinion "one of the most comprehensive and interesting works in the piano repertoire." The two other works on the album are Debussy's Suite Bergamasque and Couperin's Ordre No. 21, to which Say was introduced by a harpsichordist friend in Istanbul.
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.