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Research and Markets: Global and Chinese Piano Industry Report, 2011-2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:12:00 -0700

Dublin - Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Piano Industry Report, 20

Unique piano may steal show at Instruments A Comin' benefit

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:22:18 -0700

The 88 keys of a piano being auctioned next Monday have been signed by Louisiana music luminaries such as Fats Domino, Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, Trumbone Shorty. World-renowned artist Stephan Wanger covered the piano with a beautifully intricate mosaic of recycled Mardi Gras beads.

Review: Generation Next: Piano with Eldar & Hiromi

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:05:14 -0700

Returning Saturday night from the Generation Next: Piano with Eldar & Hiromi, I was torn between wanting to practice eight hours a day and wanting to sell my piano. by Jeff Reed Generation Next: Piano with Eldar & Hiromi Center for the Performing Arts Saturday, April 21 Returning Saturday night from the Carmel Center for the Performing Arts’ double-bill, Generation Next: Piano with Eldar ...

Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI on sale this May

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:02:54 -0700

Piano arrangements of Super Nintendo Final Fantasy OST album to be on sale on various online stores.

Kate McGarry On Piano Jazz

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:57:34 -0700

The singer and songwriter grew up with Celtic and pop music in her home, and after discovering Keith Jarrett and Bill Evans, she became known as a folksy jazz vocalist. She visits the program along with keyboardist Gary Versace.

Review: Eri Nakagawa, piano

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:03:11 -0700

Of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas, the last three - composed between 1820 and 1822- were especially personal. Sonatas Nos. 31 and 32 were dedicated to Mrs Antonie Brentano, considered by some to be the "Immortal Beloved" addressed in his love letters, and Sonata No. 30 to her daughter Maximiliane. The sonatas also exhibit startling structural and harmonic innovations.

Painted pianos will 'Pop-Up' across Seminole in May - Orlando Sentinel

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:35:38 GMT

Painted pianos will 'Pop-Up' across Seminole in May
Orlando Sentinel
Artist Lori Anne Harris decorates a piano Saturday for the upcoming fundraiser Pop-Up Pianos. Harris and seven other artists were at the Steinway Piano Galleries in Altamonte Springs painting pianos, which will be on display in Seminole County starting ...

Bassoon, piano and heartstrings - Western Front

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:37:29 GMT

Bassoon, piano and heartstrings
Western Front
Botamanenko, a biochemistry major, is a piano accompanist for vocal majors. Being an accompanist is different from other jobs because it's a partnership with other students because his performance affects their grades, he said.

More piano trio encounters of the European kind (CD reviews) - Ottawa Citizen (blog)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:16:11 GMT

More piano trio encounters of the European kind (CD reviews)
Ottawa Citizen (blog)
Walking Dark is a consistent collection of very smart and very contemporary piano trio music, rich with ornate, complex original material that would afford jazz nerds-in-training many hours of happy analysis. Would you expect anything less that keen ...

Evgeny Kissin's range, lyricism prove his piano mastery - Chicago Tribune

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:29:38 GMT

Evgeny Kissin's range, lyricism prove his piano mastery
Chicago Tribune
It has been fascinating to chart the various stations through which Evgeny Kissin has passed on his rise to becoming one of the supreme piano masters of his generation. The Russian virtuoso, who gave a commanding recital Sunday at Orchestra Hall, ...
At 40, Kissin shows that virtuosity is still child's playChicago Classical Review

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Why player pianos have a role to play - Irish Times

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:50:10 GMT

Irish Times

Why player pianos have a role to play
Irish Times
YOU MIGHT NOT ever have seen or heard one in the flesh, but you've probably seen a player piano in a movie. Even in this age of digital wizardry, there's a special aura attached to watching a piano, as if by magic, playing itself, the keys going up and ...
Conlon Nancarrow: Impossible Brilliance – reviewThe Guardian
Conlon Nancarrow, Impossible Brilliance, Southbank Centre, reviewTelegraph.co.uk

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Kirill Gerstein Makes Solo Piano Debut at 92nd Street Y - New York Times

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:07:39 GMT

Kirill Gerstein Makes Solo Piano Debut at 92nd Street Y
New York Times
Encores at recitals tend to display an artist's virtuosity and range; it is rare that they can stand as symbols of the concerts they cap. But when the pianist Kirill Gerstein played a dazzling, slippery étude arrangement (by Earl Wild) of the ...

A Little Sondheim Music, 17 Ways, but No Words - New York Times

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:05:40 GMT

A Little Sondheim Music, 17 Ways, but No Words
New York Times
But another way to immerse myself in Sondheim's work is to play through the piano-vocal scores, where I can linger on some pungent harmony, unravel layered contrapuntal lines, slow down a complex rhythmic passage to see how it works, ...
How Classical Music Shaped Sondheim's SongsWall Street Journal (blog)

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Nicky Hopkins: Classic Rock's Go-To Piano Man - Houston Press (blog)

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:02:11 GMT

Nicky Hopkins: Classic Rock's Go-To Piano Man
Houston Press (blog)
By Bob Ruggiero Tue., Apr. 24 2012 at 12:00 PM By Julian Dawson Though his name is known mostly to classic-rock liner note readers, even the casual fan has heard his piano work: The wistful opening of Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful," the pumping ...