Piano News

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...

On Sunday, December 4, Steinway Artist Yuja Wang was a featured soloist at the annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala, giving a performance of Piazzola’s “Grand Tango” on a 9' Steinway Model D Concert Piano in honor of 2016 Kennedy Center Honors recipient, pianist Martha Argerich. Ms. Wang was introduced by the legendary Plácido Domingo, who referred to her as a...

Yuja Wang has been awarded the title of 2017 Musical America Artist of the Year. The 56th Annual Awards ceremony takes place at New York City’s Carnegie Hall on December 8, to recognize Ms. Wang and her fellow honorees – the list includes composer Andrew Norman, conductor Susanna Mälkki, bass-baritone Eric Owens, and the ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Written by Stuart Isacoff Originally...

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...

Selecting the right piano is an intense, personal, and highly rewarding process, and to ensure that your decision brings you joy for many years, you owe it to yourself to do some research. Upright or grand? What are the differences between brands, and why does it matter if an instrument is made by hand? The comparatively recent advent of digital...

Please enjoy this insightful interview conducted by Maple Yujiao Li, in conversation with renowned music educator Dr. Victor Shevtsov. From a very early age, Dr. Shevtsov had a profound interest in music. For hours on end he would listen to music on the radio or watch local musicians play the piano. He started regular piano lessons at the age of...

Steinway & Sons recently published an illustrated SPIRIO playlist for children and family members to enjoy! The lovely collection of classical piano works are performed by renowned Steinway Artist Jenny Lin. The album, Melody’s Mostly Musical Day, follows the life of a child from breakfast to bedtime, told through effervescent music and captivating pictures illustrated by Mikela Provost. Melody moves...