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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 News Flash
2025-05-08
"I have been devotedly following the career of the once world-famous child prodigy pianist Evgeny Kissin for forty years. I’ve been lucky enough to have attended most of his 11 Celebrity Series appearances since 1991 and hope to never miss another."
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Thoughts on Kissin
"I have been devotedly following the career of the once world-famous child prodigy pianist Evgeny Kissin for forty years. I’ve been lucky enough to have attended most of his 11 Celebrity Series appearances since 1991 and hope to never miss another."
Read at artsfuse.org/
2025-05-07
On May 5th, Hong Kong hosted a 14+ hour piano marathon featuring local artists interpreting Satie, aiming for a world record of uninterrupted music honoring the innovative French composer.
Read at thestandard.com
Piano Marathon for Satie 100
On May 5th, Hong Kong hosted a 14+ hour piano marathon featuring local artists interpreting Satie, aiming for a world record of uninterrupted music honoring the innovative French composer.
Read at thestandard.com
2025-05-06
The 19th Chopin Competition's preliminary rounds in Warsaw concluded on May 4th after twelve days. From a record 642 applicants, 162 pianists from 28 nations participated, and the jury, led by Professor Piotr Paleczny, selected 66 to advance to the main competition in approximately five months.
Read at chopincompetition.pl
Who Will Compete in Warsaw this Fall?
The 19th Chopin Competition's preliminary rounds in Warsaw concluded on May 4th after twelve days. From a record 642 applicants, 162 pianists from 28 nations participated, and the jury, led by Professor Piotr Paleczny, selected 66 to advance to the main competition in approximately five months.
Read at chopincompetition.pl
2025-05-05
In 1973, Hungarian composer György Kurtág started composing his piano miniatures, Játékok (Games), a series now exceeding 400 pieces for solo and four-hand piano across ten volumes, with ongoing additions.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
Aimard and 81 Pieces by Kurtag
In 1973, Hungarian composer György Kurtág started composing his piano miniatures, Játékok (Games), a series now exceeding 400 pieces for solo and four-hand piano across ten volumes, with ongoing additions.
Read at gramophone.co.uk
2025-05-04
That uncanny feeling of familiarity with something new? Pianist Alice Sara Ott felt it deeply with John Field's Nocturnes. Though unstudied and new to her, the music evoked nostalgia, a sensation most associate with Chopin's later, more famous contributions to the genre, forgetting Field actually pioneered it.
Read at .lpm.org
Alice Sara Ott on John Field
That uncanny feeling of familiarity with something new? Pianist Alice Sara Ott felt it deeply with John Field's Nocturnes. Though unstudied and new to her, the music evoked nostalgia, a sensation most associate with Chopin's later, more famous contributions to the genre, forgetting Field actually pioneered it.
Read at .lpm.org
2025-05-03
Azerbaijani-Russian piano virtuoso Riad Mammadov made his Turkish debut at the refined Bayou Villas. His performance enchanted listeners with a thoughtfully chosen program blending classical, jazz, and traditional Azerbaijani melodies.
Read at dailysabah.com
Pianist Merging Styles
Azerbaijani-Russian piano virtuoso Riad Mammadov made his Turkish debut at the refined Bayou Villas. His performance enchanted listeners with a thoughtfully chosen program blending classical, jazz, and traditional Azerbaijani melodies.
Read at dailysabah.com
2025-05-02
Piano playing engages the whole body, a choreography potentially leading to long-term injury. UdeM researchers Turner and Verdugo deconstructed biomechanics of two professionals, relevant as 72% of pianists face musculoskeletal disorders (Frontiers in Psychology).
Read at umontreal.ca
Risky Music Making
Piano playing engages the whole body, a choreography potentially leading to long-term injury. UdeM researchers Turner and Verdugo deconstructed biomechanics of two professionals, relevant as 72% of pianists face musculoskeletal disorders (Frontiers in Psychology).
Read at umontreal.ca
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2025-05-08
Paulo Oliveira:
Paulo Oliveira traces the centuries-old piano teaching tradition that he considers himself a part of. The journey begins with Haydn, one of Beethoven's masters. Next is Czerny, a disciple of Beethoven, who transmitted the musical heritage to Liszt. Through Liszt, the lineage reaches Vianna da Motta, who in turn trained Sequeira Costa, Oliveira's mentor for nearly a decade.
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Paulo Oliveira:
Beethoven 250 + 4
Paulo Oliveira traces the centuries-old piano teaching tradition that he considers himself a part of. The journey begins with Haydn, one of Beethoven's masters. Next is Czerny, a disciple of Beethoven, who transmitted the musical heritage to Liszt. Through Liszt, the lineage reaches Vianna da Motta, who in turn trained Sequeira Costa, Oliveira's mentor for nearly a decade.
Listen on NML >
2025-05-06
Julian Jaeyoung Kim:
Julian Jaeyoung Kim's debut recording "Brahms Resonances" (2023) received laudatory reviews from several prominent publications, including Gramophone, Interlude HK, Klassik Heute, and Fanfare. This Beethoven album is Kim's debut with the Hänssler label, sponsored by the piano brand C. Bechstein and the publisher Bärenreiter.
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Julian Jaeyoung Kim:
Beethoven – Waldstein, Les Adieux, Op. 2 No. 3
Julian Jaeyoung Kim's debut recording "Brahms Resonances" (2023) received laudatory reviews from several prominent publications, including Gramophone, Interlude HK, Klassik Heute, and Fanfare. This Beethoven album is Kim's debut with the Hänssler label, sponsored by the piano brand C. Bechstein and the publisher Bärenreiter.
Listen on NML >
2025-05-02
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet:
In his personal comments included in the CD booklet, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet comments on the unique style of Ravel, observing that the composer "does not confide in us intimately except on the rarest occasions. At these exceptional moments, our admiration for this musical giant, for his intelligence and elegant style of writing, for his perfect proportions, gives way to a wave of emotion that is difficult to contain."
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet:
Ravel – Complete Works for Solo Piano
In his personal comments included in the CD booklet, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet comments on the unique style of Ravel, observing that the composer "does not confide in us intimately except on the rarest occasions. At these exceptional moments, our admiration for this musical giant, for his intelligence and elegant style of writing, for his perfect proportions, gives way to a wave of emotion that is difficult to contain."
Listen on NML >
2025-05-01
Cansu Sanlidag:
The music of Philipp Scharwenka synthesizes the worlds of Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner, while also incorporating Polish idioms inherited from Chopin. In his piano repertoire, one finds numerous "salon pieces" for amateurs; educational works, similar to Schumann’s Album für die Jugend; and finally, works intended for concert pianists, most of which were composed in the 1890s.
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Cansu Sanlidag:
Philipp Scharwenka – The Nocturnal Poet
The music of Philipp Scharwenka synthesizes the worlds of Schumann, Brahms, and Wagner, while also incorporating Polish idioms inherited from Chopin. In his piano repertoire, one finds numerous "salon pieces" for amateurs; educational works, similar to Schumann’s Album für die Jugend; and finally, works intended for concert pianists, most of which were composed in the 1890s.
Listen on NML >
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.