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In this SuiteLinks: Christmas Mash-ups, How the greats chose their instruments, What Iyer told piano students, Interviews with Gabby Gifford’s music therapist & Cliburn Amateur winner Shih, Stevie Wonder auctions piano to help kids, Musician’s most important piece of holiday equipment, Big break for 85 year old pianist, A ghostly collaboration, and more! Piano Lessons . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: December 10  The past week has consisted of a myriad of small annoyances: a student tried to cover not practicing by saying she couldn’t figure out notes she had been reading successfully for quite some time, an entire jury/final schedule had to be redone at the last minute because one student didn’t check the online finals schedule . . . → Read More: A Surge of Holiday Spirit In this SuiteLinks: Jason Moran’s new gig, Playing with toys (pianos that is), Tweeting along with the symphony?, Musical gifts to avoid this season, Airport piano playoff, Piano leg redesign yields acoustic benefits, Magnetic resonator piano attracts attention, and more! Music, mental illness, & magic Pianistic Guinness Record Tweeting along with the Symphony Why music . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: December 3 My daughter and I were texting about important logistical stuff yesterday when I suddenly realized that I had to leave to go teach. “Gotta go teach!”, I typed. “Have fun!”, she replied. “Hmmm”, I thought. “Will they have practiced?” Then I reminded myself that I do enjoy teaching very much and having fun is a . . . → Read More: Fun Is A Policy In this SuiteLinks: New project for Andsnes, Messiaen’s birdsong, Playing for elephants, Indian city finds passion for piano, Pianist, 108, recalls Holocaust, Christopher Taylor in Moscow, and more! The future of practice? Tunes for hospital Holiday album: Snow Angel Cleveland International winner Schimpf in recital Mendelssohn at Alice Tully City in India finds passion for . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: November 26 Last week, I received a new insight on romanticism in a most unlikely place. I was on my way home from Eastern Arizona and a podcast from To The Best Of Our Knowledge entitled Writing Nature came up on my playlist. I sighed and thought “no, really?”, because I was truly afraid I was going . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Wild Things In this SuiteLinks: World’s longest piano, Tsujii’s Carnegie debut, How music helped heal Gabby Giffords, Keith Jarrett’s new album, $553 piano controversy, Talking with Lugansky, Weston, & Lesiecki, The urtext police, and more! Keys to Love Lugansky on Liszt Nobuyuki Tsujii includes own composition at Carnegie debut Remembering jazz pianist Gordon Beck Onstage dialogue between . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: November 19 Last week: I was shocked when of one of my teen students developed an alarming tendency towards passive aggression. Is she suffering from middleschoolitis? Is she bored? Is she a victim of raging hormones? Last fall her parents expressed the desire for the children to participate in our state evaluation program. We began the theory . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Student vs. Teacher In this SuiteLinks: The dog ate my piano, New host for Piano Jazz, Beethoven Sonata marathon, Subscription music started earlier than you might think, A new view of Lang Lang, Your brain on music, Piano helps leave football violence on the field, What Beethoven & Jerry Lee Lewis share, Designer pianos, and more! Recital raises . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: November 12 It’s that time of year again—time for the college fall recital. We always try to do something unique and different (put on a show) so that the audience is glad they came and the performers have something to focus on besides just getting the notes right. In the past, our programs have included dueling piano . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Sound Images In this SuiteLinks: On Hélène Grimaud, Reviews or glorified ads?, Scriabin’s colors and sounds, Tribute to the late Billy Taylor, Bartok’s legacy, Chick Corea at 70, A slapstick jazz virtuoso, and more! Squirrel plays for peanuts Her way: Hélène Grimaud Christian Zacharias at Wigmore Joanne Brackeen on Piano Jazz Review or ad? Pianomania review John . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: November 5 This week I came across two absolute gems that I feel compelled to share. The first is a quote from Terri Gross’ interview with Tom Waits on Monday’s edition of Fresh Air. There’s no such thing as not playing. Music has rests in it. So, you’re on a rest and the music will begin shortly. . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Gems Some pianistic trick-or-treating in honor of the day. Enjoy! Halloween Puzzler Night on Bald Mountain: Andrey Dubov Pictures at an Exhibition Pt. 1. The Gnome & The Old Castle : Jonathan Plowright The Sunken Cathedral: Claude Debussy The Imperial March from Star Wars: Anderson & Roe Bach/Busoni Toccata & Fugue in D Minor: Arturo Benedetti . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Trick or Treat! In this SuiteLinks: Pressler, Hancock, Hough, & Hersch, Meet the left handed piano, Coma as inspiration, Musician says 88 yr. old judge to old to be trying his age bias case, New recordings of Griffes & Kirchner, Handel on the road, A 2 year old models success, and more! Meet the left handed piano Of . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: October 29 http://www.atheart.in I was a practical child. I always needed to know what something was for. My favorite question was why? My Dad sang a popular nonsense song to me when I was 6 or 7 and I remember how frustrated he was that I didn’t understand the silliness and wanted to try to make . . . → Read More: Playing With Wolfgang: Fliszt In this SuiteLinks: Liszt and more Liszt, Stuffing a piano a la mattress, Piano music at the Library of Congress, Ryuichi Sakamoto goes acoustic, Row over piano donation in Bangladesh, A tree grows through a piano in Brooklyn, Yuja Wang in blue velvet at Carnegie Hall, Traveling pianist in Alaska with his signature red pickup, . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: October 22  |
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