Etiket: Piano
“Gabriel Fauré, Complete piano music”, Lucas Debargue
Knowing that Alpha has put the complete chamber music in a 6-CD box set (Alpha 1055), we now have several layers to enter into piano music: the nocturnes of Éric…
Soon a diploma for piano tuners
The Cégep de Saint-Laurent is developing an educational program to train piano tuning technicians. This will be the first diploma of its kind in Quebec and Canada. The Quebec educational…
They Shot the Piano Player | It’s bossa nova’s fault
Sorry, your browser does not support videos In 2010, a journalist from New Yorker investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a Brazilian pianist kidnapped in Buenos Aires in 1978. Updated…
“Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 and 21”, Jonathan Fournel
This CD is part of the series Next Generation Mozart Soloists which documents young artists in Mozart concertos for various instruments. Eighth volume, it offers, after a splendid 3e Sonata…
“Piano Man 3”: the return of Christian Marc Gendron to piano bars
With Piano Man 3, Christian Marc Gendron returns to his roots and takes us with him to the American piano bars where he used to play 20 years ago. On…
“Works for piano”, Marc-André Hamelin
After recording compositions by Stephen Hough, Hyperion offers Marc-André Hamelin a generous anthology. The pianist likes forms: variations, suite in the old style, varied pavane, chaconne, toccata, what’s more The…
“Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 25”, Mozart, Alon Goldstein, Fine Arts Quartet
We cannot praise enough the rediscovery of Ignaz Lachner’s (1807-1895) arrangements of Mozart’s piano concertos with an orchestra reduced to a quartet and a double bass. Mozart himself used this…
“Brahms, piano concertos”, Simon Trpčeski and Cristian Măcelaru
No one “needs” new Brahms piano concertos. But no one can deny artists the right to “give it a try”. And sometimes what we hear there happens and which is…
Between dogs and wolves | Acrobatics, perfumes and piano
Quebec pianist Alexandra Stréliski composed the original music for the circus show Entre chien et louves by Cirque Le Roux, presented for three months in Paris. His particuliarity ? The…
At Le Mans, the 24 Hours of the Piano promises immersive and unusual experiences
Welcome Culture Music Classic The Pianoctambule marathon begins Saturday, December 2 at 3 p.m. at the Le Mans school of art and design and will end the next day at…
“The piano work”, Philippe Branconi, Ravel
When we receive new releases, we usually sort them out with a “first look”. This had been ruled out. But after the concert of critical dithyrambs, going as far as…
The piano 1.0 by Isata Kanneh Mason
Throughout the recital by British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason on Tuesday at Bourgie Hall, it was impossible not to ask nagging questions: what determines a career, what brought this pianist on…
“Hélène de Montgeroult. Piano Sonatas”, Simone Pierini
While this weekend Arion, Mathieu Lussier and pianist Élisabeth Pion will present a Piano concerto by Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836), recordings of the latter’s piano music are multiplying. This composer,…
“Mozart. Piano Concertos”, Academy of Ancient Music
We spoke to you last March about this formidable initiative, an operation to avenge the affront of the non-conclusion of the complete Mozart keyboard concertos once started by Robert Levin…
In Cagnes-sur-Mer, the Les Nocturnes du Piano festival is launching its second edition in the astonishing setting of the Côte d’Azur racecourse
Created last summer, this festival mixes big names in music and young talents. A second edition to discover until July 9th. Article written by France Televisions Writing Culture Posted on…
Review Piano concerto – viola concerto No 1 | Airat Ichmouratov: of unequal interest
After the composer saw his first opera, The man who Laughspremiered at the Festival Classica on May 31, a third recording of his orchestral works will be released next week…
At 108, Colette Maze still plays the piano
Posted on 05/29/2023 10:42 Video length: 1 min. France 2 Article written by E. Meyer, T. Konate, D. Rabeisen, A. Nichon, C. Krauskopff-Wolff – France 2 France Televisions At almost…
At 108, Colette Maze still plays the piano
Published on 05/29/2023 10:42 Video length: 1 min. France 2 Article written by E. Meyer, T. Konate, D. Rabeisen, A. Nichon, C. Krauskopff-Wolff – France 2 France Televisions At almost…
Kevin Chen wins the 17th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition
An 18-year-old pianist from Calgary, Kevin Chen won Friday the 17e Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. The members of the jury included pianists such as Robert Levin,…
VIDEO. Who goes piano goes lontano
Posted on 03/30/2023 22:57 Video length: 25 mins. SPECIAL ENVOY / FRANCE 2 Article written by Colette Maze is 108 years old, but that doesn’t mean she has stopped practicing…