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From Starlet to Stage Frightened Target

Ombretta Di Dio | Posted 05.16.2013 | Impact
Ombretta Di Dio

From being Baby Jesus in the live reenactment of the nativity in pre-school, to representing an essential component of a ribbon number in a gymnastics sketch a few years later, I always managed to get the best part -- as well as the hate of every single classmate.

88 Keys to Past and Future

Camille Zamora | Posted 05.02.2013 | Arts
Camille Zamora

Each year, Sing for Hope enlists the help of visual artists. Together they paint, sculpt, découpage and gesso a gift for our city: 88 unique piano artworks (representing the 88 keys on a keyboard) that are placed throughout the public spaces of the 5 boroughs, for anyone and everyone to play.

Quietly Impressive Mitsuko Uchida at Carnegie Hall

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 04.25.2013 | Arts
Ayano Hodouchi

Last week, a much-awaited musician came to Carnegie Hall to play -- Japanese-born British pianist Mitsuko Uchida. While she is no blazing personality, her fans are numerous and she has a very devout following.

Finals Week Opens at Indianapolis Piano Competition

Laurence Vittes | Posted 04.17.2013 | Arts
Laurence Vittes

After months of grueling rounds of the usual knuckle-grinding etudes and superhuman virtuoso showpieces, the last week began on Monday with the first of five free noontime concerts at Christ Church Cathedral across from Lilly Hall.

Best YouTube Original Channels of The Week: Player vs. Pain to Draw My Life Jesus

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.02.2013 | Technology
Shira Lazar

In Channel Surfing #8, What's Trending presents the best of YouTube's original channels this week!

Is Piano Class the Key to Public School Music? Working Individually as a Group May Be the Answer

Kate Quarfordt | Posted 05.04.2013 | Impact
Kate Quarfordt

2013-03-04-PixfromHomeComputer173.jpg From its humble beginnings in the trailer and the closet to illustrious stages at performance venues throughout the city, the Bronx Prep Piano Program has transformed the lives of hundreds of talented South Bronx students.

In the Key of Life: Van Cliburn and the Piano Double

Paul R. Rundle | Posted 05.04.2013 | Arts
Paul R. Rundle

Van Cliburn's playing was neither "musically incorrect, nor too careful, pedantic or cerebral. On the contrary, it was often exciting, sometimes daring and nearly always infused with that most elusive of qualities: transportive power.

Visual Art Comes (Back) to Steinway Piano

James Grundvig | Posted 05.01.2013 | Arts
James Grundvig

In banging a soundboard in an open piano, feeling both the power and energy, Bill Youse drove home the point that Steinway is the Rolls Royce of piano manufacturers. That makes the abstract artist Lynx the new hood ornament of that grand piano.

The Art of Losing

Khanh Ho | Posted 04.16.2013 | Books
Khanh Ho

Perhaps I was destined to grow into an expert -- an expert of loss. Perhaps that is why I even managed to lose, at such a tender age, something that another human being found unforgettable, so much so, that she kept it to her breast.

Daniil Trifonov's Carnegie Hall Debut Recital

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 04.09.2013 | Arts
Ayano Hodouchi

On February 5, twenty-one year old Daniil Trifonov had two monumental milestones in one day -- his Carnegie hall recital debut, and major classical label Deutsche Grammophon recording it live to release as an album later this year.

A Fine Evening of Beethoven at Lincoln Center

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 04.07.2013 | Arts
Ayano Hodouchi

The New York Philharmonic is a strange creature. Often it is good but a bit bland. Sometimes it's downright boring. And sometimes it makes you sit up in your seat and think what a historical and good orchestra this is.

Astoria Characters: The Triumphant Tenor

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.07.2013 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

"We all have many different voices," he says. "The voice is such an amazing instrument that I feel like a mad scientist who does different things with it. Like a painter, I try different colors out. It gives me joy every day of my life."

What's After Petrouchka?

Alessio Bax | Posted 03.13.2013 | Arts
Alessio Bax

I asked my father to bring me to the local music store to buy the score of the Three Movements. I vividly remember the wide-eyed response of the shop attendant. With my small baby hands, I would not have been able to play even the first chord!

Astoria Characters: The Music Man

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 02.26.2013 | New York
Nancy Ruhling

George Phillips, a fire hydrant with Einstein's frizzled hair, is the owner of Astoria Music, but it's more fitting to call him a one-man band because ever since he took over the shop three decades ago, he's remained its one and only employee.

André Watts and the New York Philharmonic's 100th Anniversary

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 02.13.2013 | Arts
Ayano Hodouchi

American pianist André Watts returned to Lincoln Center last week to play four concerts with the New York Philharmonic, performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.2 with Slovakian conductor Juraj Valcuha.

Michael Feinstein on Life with Ira Gershwin, Performing the Classics, and the Future of Feinstein's

Vanity Fair | Posted 02.13.2013 | Entertainment
Vanity Fair

By Patrick Monahan, Vanity Fair George Gershwin in 1935; courtesy of the Conde Nast Archive In 1976, the 80-year-old Ira Gershwin and his wife, Leo...

'Christmas Letter 2012'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 02.10.2013 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

It sure has been an exciting 2012 for the Zezimas! The good news is that nobody in the family went to prison, though three of us had brushes with the law.

Claudia Chan: Up-and-Coming New Music Pianist

Joel Garten | Posted 11.30.2012 | Arts
Joel Garten

Having studied piano at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music, Claudia Chan is continuing her piano studies in Cologne and traveling the world performing a repertoire of new music, with a particular interest in the work of composer Unsuk Chin.

You Can't Paint Romantic Music With an Impressionist's Palette

Ayano Hodouchi | Posted 01.19.2013 | Arts
Ayano Hodouchi

French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard performed at Carnegie Hall last Thursday evening, presenting a program spanning impressionistic, romantic and modern periods.

'Tis the Season To Be a Chart-Topping Musician

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.06.2013 | Entertainment
Alexandra Holzer

Mashing is one of todays new ways of mixing music and piano, and Christmas is no different. Isadar has a unique style, no doubt, and a break-through ability to remain in the mainstream, and not do what everyone else does.

Limon and Magloire: A Study in Contrasts

Christopher Atamian | Posted 10.18.2012 | Arts
Christopher Atamian

This past week I had the pleasure of attending two very different performances that highlighted the diversity and richness of New York's dance culture.

'Killer on the Keys'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.05.2012 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

When it comes to pianists, only one -- goodness gracious! -- is a great ball of fire. I refer, of course, to Jerry Lee Zezima.

5 Parenting Decisions to Make From Your Gut

Liz Ryan | Posted 10.13.2012 | Parents
Liz Ryan

Here are five situations in which I wish I'd trusted my gut and not someone else's authority.

A Fascinating Look At What It Takes To Make A Steinway Piano

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 07.24.2012 | Home

Christopher Payne’s photographic series One Steinway Place allows us a glimpse into the precise, adroit, and masterful artistry that goes into craft...

The Chicago Tour Diary

Melissa Manchester | Posted 07.08.2012 | Arts
Melissa Manchester

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