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… Read more »
Despite a good turn-out from the piano manufacturing industry, there were relatively few actual new instruments on show at this year’s Musikmesse in Frankfurt. A wave of new pianos were… Read more »
The excellent Disklavier ENSPIRE PRO system is now available for both Yamaha’s SX and Bösendorfer’s VC series of grand pianos. Bösendorfer became a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha in 2008…. Read more »
What is in the red envelope? It’s a key. Could it be the key to something very special…? Yamaha have produced a US TV commercial for their pianos. Surprisingly this… Read more »
A new double CD album entitled The Piano Room is released on October 27th. Now I don’t normally write about recordings on this site, but this album is, ostensibly, more… Read more »
Yamaha have just revealed the successor to the remarkable, award-winning AvantGrand NU1… the NU1X. The brief Yamaha gave their designers for the original NU1 was “produce an instrument that is… Read more »
The Pantone Color Institute has released a new standardised custom colour inspired by the purple piano Yamaha made for Prince. Pantone Inc. is an American company best known for its… Read more »
Yamaha will be releasing two new Clavinovas in September; the CSP-150 and CSP-170. The US MSRP for a matte black finish is $3,999 and $5,399 respectively, and $600 extra for… Read more »
There are two “Million Dollar Pianos” in the news at the moment. Firstly Elton John has announced new performance dates for his “Million Dollar Piano” show at Caesar’s Palace, Las… Read more »
East Japan Railway (JR East) have launched their latest “Joyful Train” service – the Shiki-Shima (lit. island of four seasons). Japan is famous for the efficiency and reliability of its… Read more »