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John Barstow, gifted pianist and teacher who shaped a generation of top performers
2 months, 1 week ago

John Barstow, gifted pianist and teacher who shaped a generation of top performers

The Telegraph  

John Barstow, who has died aged 87, stepped back from a brilliant career at the piano to teach many of the next generation of pianists; during more than 40 years at the Royal College of Music his students included the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition winner Barry Douglas and the renowned soloist James Lisney. One former student told how he “was responsible …

John Barstow
Festival harmonizes young pianists with orchestras
4 months ago

Festival harmonizes young pianists with orchestras

China Daily  

Junior Concerto Concert by QingXin Ensemble under the baton of conductor Kin Szeto, during the Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival on Aug 11. "It's amazing to see how young the pianists are but they play these complex music works, which are challenging for any pianist no matter how famous they are," says conductor Lam, who is the director of orchestral studies …

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Festival harmonizes young pianists with orchestras
4 months ago

Festival harmonizes young pianists with orchestras

China Daily  

Junior Concerto Concert by QingXin Ensemble under the baton of conductor Kin Szeto, during the Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival on Aug 11. "It's amazing to see how young the pianists are but they play these complex music works, which are challenging for any pianist no matter how famous they are," says conductor Lam, who is the director of orchestral studies …

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Young pianists find keys to success
1 year, 4 months ago

Young pianists find keys to success

China Daily  

Piano student Li Tianyou, 19, plays under the baton of conductor Lai Jiajing during one of the festival's concerts at the Tianjin Juilliard Concert Hall on Aug 12. It was the first time that Li played the piece by Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev along with a symphony orchestra — the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra — under the baton of conductor Lai …

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Young pianists find keys to success
1 year, 4 months ago

Young pianists find keys to success

China Daily  

Renowned Israeli pianist Arie Vardi, 86, during a masterclass at the inaugural Tianjin Juilliard Piano Festival. Yoheved Kaplinsky, the chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York, gives a masterclass at Tianjin Juilliard during the school's inaugural piano festival. Along with the chair of the piano department at the Juilliard School in New York, Yoheved Kaplinsky, …

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Young pianists find keys to success
1 year, 4 months ago

Young pianists find keys to success

China Daily  

Piano student Li Tianyou, 19, plays under the baton of conductor Lai Jiajing during one of the festival's concerts at the Tianjin Juilliard Concert Hall on Aug 12. It was the first time that Li played the piece by Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev along with a symphony orchestra — the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra — under the baton of conductor Lai …

Students Orchestra Symphony Lai Tianjin Young Pianists Prokofiev
Young pianists find keys to success
1 year, 4 months ago

Young pianists find keys to success

China Daily  

Piano student Li Tianyou, 19, plays under the baton of conductor Lai Jiajing during one of the festival's concerts at the Tianjin Juilliard Concert Hall on Aug 12. It was the first time that Li played the piece by Russian composer Sergey Prokofiev along with a symphony orchestra — the Suzhou Symphony Orchestra — under the baton of conductor Lai …

Students Orchestra Symphony Lai Tianjin Young Pianists Prokofiev
Relive the 2023 American Pianists Awards from Indianapolis
1 year, 5 months ago

Relive the 2023 American Pianists Awards from Indianapolis

NPR  

Relive the 2023 American Pianists Awards from Indianapolis Enlarge this image toggle caption American Pianists Association American Pianists Association For an American jazz pianist on the rise, there may be no greater honor than the Cole Porter Fellowship. Bestowed every four years by the American Pianists Association, it's the prize at the end of a rigorous competition, and an excellent …

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The Piano viewers in tears at ‘astonishingly beautiful’ final performance from blind winner Lucy, 13
1 year, 9 months ago

The Piano viewers in tears at ‘astonishingly beautiful’ final performance from blind winner Lucy, 13

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Piano viewers were left in tears following an emotional final …

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Young pianist's concert tour ends at Beijing Concert Hall
1 year, 11 months ago

Young pianist's concert tour ends at Beijing Concert Hall

China Daily  

Seventeen-year-old pianist Huang Zixuan performed in a concert conducted by Liu Ming at the Beijing Concert Hall on Jan 13. At the concert, Huang performed French composer Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major with Beijing Union Symphony Orchestra. This concert marks the last stop of his recent tour, with two concerts already held in Guangdong province's Shenzhen and Guangzhou. …

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A conductor of cultural nuance shows his skills
1 year, 11 months ago

A conductor of cultural nuance shows his skills

China Daily  

Li Haoran conducts An Homage to Classics at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall, marking the beginning of the theater's New Year concert series. Young, emerging maestro Li Haoran kicked off the New Year program of the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Cheng Yuezhu reports. "One of my good Russian friends told me a story about Paganini, who lost three …

Li Haoran
Review: The crazy genius of playing Messiaen’s 13 bird-inspired piano solos at L.A.’s Audubon Center
3 years, 2 months ago

Review: The crazy genius of playing Messiaen’s 13 bird-inspired piano solos at L.A.’s Audubon Center

LA Times  

Like most arts groups, Piano Spheres got through a performance-free pandemic the best it could on Zoom. The occasion was a rare complete performance of Messiaen’s obsessive “Catalogue d’Oiseaux,” 13 arresting virtuosic solo pieces suffused with the calls of dozens of birds that the composer heard while birding in the French countryside during the mid-1950s. Although single-minded birder pianists with …

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Pianists experiment with genres at jazz festival
3 years, 5 months ago

Pianists experiment with genres at jazz festival

China Daily  

At the 55th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation teamed up with the New York-based Lang Lang International Music Foundation to shine a light on the need to build bridges using the universal language of music. "The idea was to invite one young musician from the Lang Lang Foundation and another from the …

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Pianists to set the tune
3 years, 8 months ago

Pianists to set the tune

China Daily  

Zheng Jian, artistic director of the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater, conducts at the December concert. Forbidden City venue will stage a musical extravaganza in June as part of celebrations marking the Party's 100th anniversary, Chen Nan reports. The admittedly unusual arrangement will be seen at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing on June 10 when eight young pianists …

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Pianists to set the tune
3 years, 8 months ago

Pianists to set the tune

China Daily  

The symphony orchestra and singers from the Tianjin Song and Dance Theater, along with the Beijing Philharmonic Choir, perform Dongfang Hong, a gala concert, at the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing in December. According to Wu, the eight young Chinese pianists will also perform as soloists, featuring pieces composed by Chinese musicians that have been inspired by folk culture …

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Pianists to set the tune
3 years, 8 months ago

Pianists to set the tune

China Daily  

Conductor Yang Li, who will perform in the anniversary concerts, at a show with a children's choir in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in January. Long March Suite, a large-scale symphonic and choral concert, will be held at the Forbidden City Concert Hall under the baton of Zheng on June 25. Featuring 12 poems by Xiao about the Long March-an …

Zheng
Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

Chinese pianists Fang Yan takes part in this year's Leeds International Piano Competition. Nearly a dozen pianists from China enter the first round of this year's Leeds International Piano Competition, Chen Nan reports. When pianist Fang Yan performed pieces by Mozart and Aleksandr Scriabin at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on April 6, it was a different experience …

Fang Piano Competition
Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

Chinese pianists Fang Yan takes part in this year's Leeds International Piano Competition. Nearly a dozen pianists from China enter the first round of this year's Leeds International Piano Competition, Chen Nan reports. When pianist Fang Yan performed pieces by Mozart and Aleksandr Scriabin at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on April 6, it was a different experience …

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Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

The Leeds International Piano Competition takes place in 17 cities across the world, including Beijing for the first time. Other prominent Chinese pianists who have taken part in juries over the years include Zhou Guangren, Bao Huiqiao and the pianist-conductor Xu Zhong. The top prize in 2018 was won by Chinese American Eric Lu, while the third prize that year …

China Competition Chinese
Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

Chinese pianists Fang Yan takes part in this year's Leeds International Piano Competition. Nearly a dozen pianists from China enter the first round of this year's Leeds International Piano Competition, Chen Nan reports. When pianist Fang Yan performed pieces by Mozart and Aleksandr Scriabin at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on April 6, it was a different experience …

Competition Playing Online Fang Yan Leeds International
Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

The Leeds International Piano Competition takes place in 17 cities across the world, including Beijing for the first time. Other prominent Chinese pianists who have taken part in juries over the years include Zhou Guangren, Bao Huiqiao and the pianist-conductor Xu Zhong. The top prize in 2018 was won by Chinese American Eric Lu, while the third prize that year …

China Competition Chinese Playing Online
Playing online
3 years, 8 months ago

Playing online

China Daily  

Chinese pianists Fang Yan takes part in this year's Leeds International Piano Competition. Nearly a dozen pianists from China enter the first round of this year's Leeds International Piano Competition, Chen Nan reports. When pianist Fang Yan performed pieces by Mozart and Aleksandr Scriabin at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing on April 6, it was a different experience …

Competition Playing Online Fang Yan Leeds International
Opinion | A ‘new’ album by one of jazz’s greatest pianists
4 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | A ‘new’ album by one of jazz’s greatest pianists

Live Mint  

Old jazz recordings often have fascinating backstories. But unlike his peers, who produced and recorded vast amounts of music from the mid-1940s, it wasn’t till the 1950s that Monk began seriously recording his music. When Monk and his ensemble, including Coltrane, played a gig at a New York City jazz club, his talent and influence on other jazz musicians began …

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