New Pianos at Winter NAMM 2020
A wide selection of new pianos appeared at the recent Winter NAMM 2020 show. The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) holds two popular trade events in America each year…. Read more »
Category: Exhibition
Fazioli and C. Bechstein Pianos at Music China 2019
Music China is Asia’s main musical instrument trade fair. The exhibition took place last month (October) and attracted around 2,400 exhibitors from 34 countries, and more than 120,000 visitors from… Read more »
What or Where is Piano Land?
There’s now a cruise ship called “Piano Land”, and it has just completed its maiden voyage. Well that’s not strictly true. A new Chinese cruise line (Astro Ocean) recently purchased… Read more »
The Story of Cole Porter’s “High Society” Steinway Piano
Cole Porter’s famous piano, which he himself named “High Society”, has been meticulously restored by Steinway and Sons. This is the instrument on which Porter wrote many of his most… Read more »
Requiem for Pianos: The ArtBook
Romain Thiery, a classical photographer and pianist, has spent the past decade travelling around Europe capturing stunning images of abandoned pianos. These photographs form a constantly evolving collection that Thiery… Read more »
Cremona Musica – The Piano Experience
Cremona Musica takes place this month. This international exhibition is widely considered to be the largest marketplace in the world for fine quality musical instruments. Last year the show attracted… Read more »
New Exhibition for World’s Oldest Piano
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… Read more »
The Requiem for Pianos Series
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… Read more »
The Butterfly Piano—Fighting for Beauty
Outside the Fairmont Pacific Rim, a luxury Vancouver hotel, there is a magenta, graffiti encased pavilion housing a new pop-up art gallery entitled Fight For Beauty. This exhibition is based… Read more »
Jane Austen’s Piano
Jane Austen died 200 years ago this year at the age of 41, and in celebration, the Jane Austen’s House Museum is telling the story of her life and legacy… Read more »