Bartolomeo Cristofori, of Padua, Italy, is undisputedly credited with being the inventor of the piano. But he was actually striving to produce the first harpsichord to offer a touch responsive keyboard. Pressing a harpsichord’s key… Read more »
Next week the 2018 Sing for Hope Pianos project comes to an end. Over 50 highly decorated pianos have been placed in high traffic areas around New York for the past three weeks. And on… Read more »
Chopin’s Piano – A Journey Through Romanticism* is a newly published book by conductor, author and biographer Paul Kildea. Books about pianos often explore a particular facet of the instrument—its history, how it works, its… Read more »
On June 7th, 2018, on instructions from The Trustees, The Colt Clavier Collection of Historically Important Keyboard Instruments was sold by auction. Much has been said about the loss of this great private collection—it was,… Read more »
In 2009 the Alexander piano was, arguably, the largest piano in the world. It was build by Adrian Mann in a friend’s farm shed in Dunedin, New Zealand. Incredibly Mann was just 20 when he… Read more »
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami devastated large areas of the country’s eastern seaboard. In the north-eastern region of Tohoku, amongst the wreckage of the Miyagi Agricultural High School’s gymnasium, a… Read more »
Piano competitions don’t usually feature here on the World Piano News website. We concern ourselves with matters relating, primarily, to the instrument itself. But the 2018 International Piano-e-Competition is something different, utilising the advanced technology… Read more »
One of the highlights of Christies’ Spring American Art auction is a painting by Norman Rockwell entitled The Piano Tuner. This is one of Rockwell’s more important works, which is reflected in the estimate sale… Read more »
Romain Thiery has two passions—pianos and photography. In his latest series, Requiem for Pianos, he has combined these loves and produced a truly unique collection of images. But these photographs are not glossy shots of… Read more »
Two hundred years ago Ludwig van Beethoven received the gift of a Broadwood grand piano. This instrument, now known as Beethoven’s Broadwood, was much loved by the composer and is said to have inspired most… Read more »