Piano News
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Soaring to new musical heights, a German-born innovator has crafted what is believed to be the world's largest grand piano.
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How do you do justice to the greatness of Chopin? In his debut album, Eurovision Young Musicians first prize winner Ivan Bessonov shows how to properly salute the Polish genius.
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New York -
On March 28, veteran singer-songwriter Billy Joel performed his record-breaking 50th consecutive show at Madison Square Garden, for a sold-out arena.
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Global music pop star Lady Gaga is back with her piano-driven version of the moving "Joanne (Where Do You Think You're Goin'?)."
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New York -
On December 20, living rock and roll legend Billy Joel performed at the iconic "World's Most Famous Arena" Madison Square Garden, as part of his monthly residency.
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Moscow -
Over the past two weeks, 120 candidates from around the globe competed in Moscow at the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition. The youngest contestant was 16, the oldest 32.
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Budapest -
A new so-called “Wonder Piano” has been unveiled by its inventor in Budapest, Hungary and is claimed to be the next step in piano design, using carbon composite technology instead of wood for its soundboard.
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New York -
On July 22, Grammy-winning songstress Sarah McLachlan played a wonderful sold-out concert at New York City's Beacon Theatre.
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Grammy-winning songstress Sarah McLachlan has released her newest studio album "Shine On," via her record label, Verve Records.
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45 years after Elton John took the music world by storm, his first concert film makes its debut in theaters around the globe.
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Tim Vincent-Smith, a UK-based interior design artist, built a staircase leading to a lofted bed out of two repurposed pianos.
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Imagine you're camping, and the urge to sing strikes. You may be by yourself or with family, but you didn't bring your guitar or harmonica. If you have DrumPants, you can play more than 100 sounds or instruments. You can even compose.
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Gothenburg -
German concert pianist, Christian Zacharias was beautifully performing Haydn's Piano Concerto in Gothenburg, Sweden, when suddenly a cell phone starts to ring. A lesson should be learned here by all.
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Laurie’s love affair with New Orleans blues music takes a detour into the American heartland with 'Didn’t It Rain'. And surprise! This is no vanity project.
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Toronto -
Duo Concertante are real-life couple Nancy Dahn and Tim Steeves. Hot off their Carnegie Hall debut in February, their new album (out on Marquis Classics) covers Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano. As they explain, playing together isn't always easy.
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San Francisco -
Imagine seeing a person riding a piano bike down the street. You would be pretty impressed and would probably feel happier just listening to the tunes that flow out of the piano. This is what Gary Skaggs dreams of.
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Vancouver -
Five-year-old Ryan Wang claims that "Music is in my head". Wang is from Vancouver BC, Canada. Before his mother decided that he should take music lessons last year, Ryan had spent many hours playing on an electric keyboard.
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Pop singer Austin Mahone posted an acoustic music video for his newest single “Say You’re Just a Friend” on Feb. 26, 2013, on his official YouTube channel.
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New York -
The famous phrase, "Play it, Sam" is now off the table, as the famous piano goes under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York. (Updated).
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Assen -
A homeless man in Assen, northern Netherlands, had the sudden urge to play the piano and then get some sleep. So he broke into a music shop.
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With hands that are very small and fingers that span only a few keys at a time, Lavinia Ramirez is hailed as mini Mozart. Ramirez is only two years old and has to use a booster seat in order to reach the piano.
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Westport -
Ethan Walmark is a six-year-old boy diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. He has special difficulties with social interaction but his special musical talents have made him an Internet sensation.
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Don't call him a prodigy. Fifteen-year-old Jan Lisiecki hates the term, often leveled at him when classical music lovers hear his passionate performances live or on his debut CD.
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The French pianist and composer Anne Lovett has just released her debut album, Beyond (and Below), which consists of entirely original piano works, to a worldwide audience. This writer has interviewed her exclusively for Digital Journal.
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Artist Luke Jerram's 'Play Me, I'm Yours' artwork is in London until July 13. The project consists of street pianos that pop up anywhere; parks, outside train stations, football grounds and laundrettes have all been sites.
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Next Thursday, Christie's in London is auctioning the piano of Freddy Mercury, former lead singer of Queen. No one has been daring to put a value on the musical instrument thus far.
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Same old story. Godmother buys toy. Kid plays with toy. Toy says "f-- me, rape me." First lead paint, now bad words. Is China to blame? Is it an overactive and dirty adult imagination?
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Police in Cartagena Columbia discovered 560 pounds of cocaine packed into the recesses in a grand piano that was part of a shipment of household goods en route from Bogoda to Panama.
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We have seen comedy sketches over the last 100 years about the antics of removal men, but none was so shocking than to see a £45,000 piano, dropped off the back of a lorry
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Even in death, John Lennon is still spreading his hopes of peace.
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A small piano, tuned and read to be played at the Renaissance London Hotel.
Jan Lisiecki, chatting with an admiring fan outside The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
A brightly painted piano in New York's Central Park Serge de Gracia
Jan Lisiecki, a 15-year-old piano sensation, poses for photographs during a practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
Man playing piano Patrick Rice
If any punter fancies tinkling the ivories, then the Waterend Barn offers a piano.
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Jan Lisiecki, a 15-year-old piano sensation, poses for photographs during a practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Lisiecki was preparing for a series of concerts saluting Chopin’s Bicentenary in Stratord, Ontario. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
Jan Lisiecki, a young Canadian pianist, during an intense practice session at The Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Janusz Überall, Digital Journal
The 27-year-old Russian pianist Dmitry Masleev has won gold medal and $30,000 at the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. © medici.tv
The piano which controls an interactive display screen.
The Bogányi futuristic new piano © Zengafons 2015/PR
Jobriath performed in the West Coast production of the musical 'Hair' in the late 1960s as Woof, a character best-known for the infamous "Sodomy" song in Act One. In 1969, he left the production to form his own band, Pidgeon, who went on to release one album before disbanding. The Film Collaborative
The XV International Tchaikovsky Competition Gala concert at St. Petersburg with Valery Gergiev conducting Mariinsky orchestra, July 3, 2015. © medici.tv
Casablanca piano sold on auction at Sotheby's New York. Sothebys
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the gala concert of the 15th International Tchaikovsky Competition at the Moscow Conservatory, July 2, 2015. © medici.tv
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