Acoustic Pianos

Pictured from left to right: Ron Losby (President & CEO, of Steinway & Sons), Renay Zhang (Sales Director, Piano Division), Lulu Wang (Marketing Manager, Asian Market & Luxury Market, Tom Lee Music), Graham Blank (Vice-President of Tom Lee Music) and Ben Steiner (COO / CFO, Steinway & Sons). As the exclusive dealer for Steinway, Boston and Essex pianos in the...

MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE  SPIRIO LIBRARY This month on SPIRIO, we focus on classic themes and songs made famous through feature films. From Disney hits to James Bond, to Film Noir — even the latest tunes from La La Land, the best film music endures beyond the screen. SPIRIO offers a new set of music by the great film composer Henry Mancini. Additionally, there are new tracks...

The acclaimed French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is one of the most dazzling musicians in the international classical music scene. His professional recordings feature a rich selection of repertoire and superb interpretations. Among them, his Beethoven Sonata, Haydn Sonata and Ravel piano works are regarded as premium listening for classical music appreciators. In the international music scene, Bavouzet has received numerous...

Written by Fang Block Originally published in Mansion Global An upscale Manhattan apartment that was once home to world renowned musical legend David Bowie recently hit the market for $6.495 million. The British musician and actor, born David R. Jones, purchased the three-bedroom apartment in 1991, according to records on PropertyShark. He and his beautiful wife, the model Iman, lived...

Nearly eight hundred distinguished guests were present on March 11 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel Grand Ballroom for the Bridge to S.U.C.C.E.S.S Gala. Celebrity actor Linda Chung and world renowned young pianist Avan Yu were honoured guests who quickly became the highlight of the night. Zhong Jiaxin sang with astonishing beauty and Avan Yu performed heart-wrenching classical music on an appropriately elegant...

LIVING THE DREAM IN NEW YORK CITY The Crescendo International Music Competition is an established international music festival for youth all around the world. Every year from November through February, the qualifying rounds are held in Canada, USA, Germany, South Korea, Austria and Russia. The youngest competitor is only five years old and the most senior competitors are in their...

Written by Robert Hillinck Originally published in Listen: Life with Music & Culture Portraiture, a subgenre of still life, seeks to capture the world, depicting its subjects as they are. What’s more, these paintings — and the men and women who paint them — try to represent, in a finite number of brushstrokes, something meaningful about a living and breathing...

Kevin Madill, music librarian and head of The Music, Art and Architecture Library at UBC, never imagined that a piano could be placed in a library that required absolute silence. How would it not become a decoration? How would it work? As an experiment, the UBC Music Library received a Yamaha hybrid piano donated by Tom Lee Music last August. Such a thing would be...

Written by Ben Finane Originally published in Listen: Life with Music & Culture Born in the small Chinese town of Shenyang, Lang Lang began piano at age three, gave his first public recital at five, entered Beijing’s Central Music Conservatory at nine, and went on to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His inevitable big break came in...

Tom Lee Music Company was honoured to host the Tom Lee Music Angels Concert on December 6 in support of the Vancouver General Hospital & University of British Columbia Hospital Foundation! The concert took place in the beautiful Diamond Family Courtyard within the Jim Pattison Pavilion of Vancouver General Hospital. The complementary event featured heartwarming performances by members of the Young Artist Program from the...