Category Archives: Piano
[Update] Pianist Pro
Alright! An update! It’s been about a year since the last one, I was getting concerned…
What’s New in Version 1.9.2 Released on February 21, 2012:
- Multitasking and fast-app switching added.
- External MIDI control optimized.
- MIDI files with… Continue reading
Rudolf Buchbinder Embraces Beethoven and the Art of Live Performances
Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder confirms the Vienna legacy through two powerful Beethoven releases dated year 2011, a DVD/Blu-ray of the Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 5 with Wiener Philharmoniker and a CD box with the complete 32 Piano Sonatas, both recorded live, in Vienna and Dresden respectively. Often considered being the shining successor of the [...] Continue reading
Carnegie Hall Live: Leif Ove Andsnes Performs Haydn, Chopin and More
An old joke that has become part of the folklore of one of New York City’s most famous concert venue runs as follows.
pedestrian on Fifty-seventh Street, Manhattan, stopped violinist Jascha Heifetz and inquired:
- Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?
- Yes, said Heifetz. Practice!
That’s indeed an option, but there are other [...] Continue reading
Michelangeli’s “Only Other Pianist”: Sergio Fiorentino
“Recently I listened to a pianist on the radio who impressed me very much: Sergio Fiorentino, do you know him?” – Vladimir Horowitz
He is the only other pianist, said the legendary Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli of Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998). How is it that one of the greatest musical geniuses of the 20th century [...] Continue reading
[New iOSm Video] Practice piano sight reading with Piano Tutor for iPhone and iPad
This is a great tool for all levels of musicians who are looking to improve their sight reading skills on the piano. You can specify the key and clef to practice at a difficulty level that suites you the best. As you progress, make these settings mo… Continue reading
[Price Drop] Pro Chords: Chord suggestion app
Pro Chords has dropped from $8.99 to $2.99 again.
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Music Discussions From The MPLN – January, 2012
This is a new series on MusTech.Net that pulls a number of the topics from the Music Educators Professional Learning … Continue reading
New Piano Piece by Brahms Discovered: Albumblatt in A minor – Free Piano Score
A piano score of the recently rediscovered piano piece by Johannes Brahms, Albumblatt in A minor, has been published in an Urtext edition by Piano Street today.
Free sheet music to download and print:
Brahms – Albumblatt in A minor
Listen:
András Schiff plays “Albumblatt” in A minor by Johannes Brahms
The theme reused in the [...] Continue reading
Unique lecture with Garrick Ohlsson; “Why Chopin? and Other Questions”
At University of California, Berkely, The Townsend Center’s Forum on the Humanities and the Public World presents eminent artists, political leaders, writers, and scholars, each representing a unique discipline, viewpoint, and medium. The series brings the humanities into dialogue with the critical issues at play in the public sphere. The Townsend Center at UC Berkeley [...] Continue reading
Piano News Flash – January 2012
Piano Street’s monthly series of hand picked piano related links.
New Brahms piece to be performed by Schiff
Wigglesworth on noisy audiences
New York Times talks to Garrick Ohlsson
Weissenberg and Karajan in Rach 2
Legendary Alexis Weissenberg dies at 82
Physics of Sound: Daniel Barenboim on the Duration of Notes
Have you heard Simone Dinnerstein?
What Liszt Gave Himself for Xmas Present
Beethoven [...] Continue reading
A tribute to legendary Alexis Weissenberg 1929 – 2012
Bulgaria-born pianist Alexis Weissenberg, one of the legendary performers of the twentieth century, died on January 8th in Lugano, Switzerland. He was 82. Alexis Weissenberg passed away after a long illness, people close to his family said.
Born in Sofia, the noted Jewish-born, French pianist of Bulgarian birth, Alexis Weissenberg, was taught to play the [...] Continue reading
A bunch of Yamaha iOS Apps I didn’t know about…
So I was looking around the app store when I stumbled upon the Yamaha TNR-i app in some other apps ‘Customers Also Bought’ list (which is a great way to discover new apps, by the way…) making me wonder if Yamaha had any other apps I didn’t… Continue reading →