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 »