The Leeds Piano Competition / Trail 2021
The Leeds International Piano Competition is a world-renowned music event. It has been running for 58 years, and such is its importance that it attracts over 1 million online views… Read more »
Category: Art Installation
Piano Vertical—a Performance Like No Other!
It’s not often you see something that is “jaw-dropping”. But last month’s PIano Vertical concert in Munich most certainly deserves this description. Could the playing of a piano be any… Read more »
Chromasoul — The Power of Colour
Chromasoul is the latest work by acclaimed artist María Inés Aguirre, better known as Mia. And it takes the form of a highly decorated Steinway Model D concert grand piano…. Read more »
The Piano Mill Wins Prestigious Architecture Award
The Piano Mill has just received the Completed Building — Culture 2018 award at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Amsterdam. This is a truly unique building. Nestled in a… Read more »
Seismic Waves and The Tsunami Piano
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… Read more »
The Pianodrome Project: Saving Unwanted Pianos
There is an exciting new project taking shape in Edinburgh. Plans are afoot to build a 100 seater, “playable” amphitheatre constructed entirely from unwanted pianos. It is known as the Pianodrome. … Read more »
Piano Sanctuaries. Good or Bad?
In February Jesse Budel, a local musician in the Rural City of Murray Bridge, South Australia (pop. 21,163), put forward the idea of creating a piano sanctuary in a local… Read more »
Modesto’s Intersection of Art. More Fun Theory
Downtown Modesto (California) has been enlivened by the appearance of a somewhat unusual set of pedestrian crossings. Intersections in front of the Gallo Center for the Arts have been re-imagined… Read more »
The Walled Off Piano Bar
Street artist Banksy has just opened his unique take on the hotel concept in Palestine. The hotel is on Caritas Street, Bethlehem. It is mere feet away from the wall… Read more »
From “Play Me, I’m Yours” to “Find Me, I’m Yours”
There has been a lot in the UK news about the Treasured City artwork commissioned by 20-21, Scunthorpe’s Visual Arts Centre. Acclaimed artist Luke Jerram has cast five small artefacts in… Read more »