The first event of its kind ever in the UK, Music Education Expo took place at the Barbican Centre in London on 20-21 March 2013, hosting over 3000 visitors and 120 exhibitors. The expo’s seminar theaters featured a compelling programme of influential speakers from the world of music education and beyond, while the interactive trade exhibition enabled primary, secondary and […]

The memory capacity of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such outstanding accomplishments be explained by the same principles associated with ordinary, everyday memory related abilities? This is the story of how the pianist went about learning, memorising and polishing the last movement of Bach’s Italian Concerto, from the viewpoints of the pianist (author no. 2) and of a cognitive […]

Back in 1984, the Compact Disc changed the recording industry forever. Before that, the best quality sound came from very expensive half-speed master copies of 33 1/3 long playing records. These specially designed pressings used better quality vinyl and had deeper grooves. The cutting lathe cut the disc at half-speed which resulted in extremely accurate pressings. The truly best half-speed […]

Piano Street‘s monthly series of hand picked piano related links. At School of Piano Technology for the Blind, the tuners find harmony Bill Evans On Piano Jazz Pilot plays piano for hours for stranded travelers It takes two to tango… Preview from pianist Gloria Cheng’s new album The Edge of Light Richard Clayderman plays for endangered species Are Those Pictures […]

András Schiff is one of the world’s most prominent proponents of the keyboard works of J.S. Bach and has long proclaimed that Bach stands at the core of his music-making. His 2012 recording of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier (for the ECM New Series label) was nominated for the category “Best Classical Instrumental Solo” at the Grammy Awards 2013. He did not […]

MySpace used to be the place to go to share one’s life. At the beginning of the social media era, it was the only game in town. Musicians quickly realized that it was a practical method of sharing one’s work at zero cost. One could get one’s music to a great number of people extremely quickly, and those who listened […]

Piano Street‘s monthly series of hand picked piano related links. Steinway Decides to Keep the Keys of Its Kingdom The First Four Notes : Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination Russia’s piano wars – Gavrilov orchestra issues statement. Abusive, as you’d expect. The 10 Greatest Pianists of All Time Schiff, Lortie and Barnatan listed in “The Best Classical Music Recordings […]

London based Karrot Animation Studios have been busy working on a music video for pianist Benjamin Grosvenor’s performance of Rhapsody in Blue. The brief was to assemble a 4 minute version from the longer audio track whilst creating an animated narrative about Benjamin getting to a concert at New York’s Radio City Hall. The filmmakers were also encouraged to pay […]

Want to own a white grand piano just like the one John Lennon had and played in the famous video for his song Imagine? Or maybe you rather want to own Lennon’s estate in Weybridge which is now up for sale? To commemorate the 70th birthday of legendary musician and songwriter John Lennon, Steinway & Sons introduced the Imagine Series […]

Why did we have had to wait over fifty years for this unique recording? Maurizio Pollini withheld his permission for his first complete recording of the Chopin Etudes Opp. 10 & 25 to be released. While the legendary DG recording from the 1970s has long been acknowledged as one of the finest versions of the Chopin Etudes, the previously unissued […]

Experience Berliner Philharmoniker’s season opening concert live via the Internet. On August 24, 2012 at 19:00 (CEST), principle conductor Sir Simon Rattle and pianist Yefim Bronfman will open the 2012/2013 concert season. Register for the concert here and receive your free, no obligations, personal access code to this special musical experience. Breathing fresh life into old art – that’s one […]

Great piano composers’ anniversaries don’t normally take place annually, but since the Chopin & Schumann year 2010 and the Liszt celebrations 2011, time has now come for another immensely important composer. Today, the 22nd of August 2012 marks the 150 years birthday of the French composer Claude Debussy, by many considered the father of “modern music”. A New Musical Outlook […]