Shaking Off and Getting Ready for Recovery
Emerging from the devastation inflicted on the New York City music performance scene will be a big job, and PIANYC is getting ready to resume its small part. Our readers…
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Piano Sales Looking Up During Lockdown
A recent article in the Times reveals the surprising finding that many piano dealers across the U.S. have seen an upswing in sales during the COVID-19 lockdown. “Isaac Namias, who…
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Maturity of Emotion: Claire Huangci at the IKIF
Two years ago, when I attended my first performance at the International Keyboard Institute and Festival, I spoke with a fellow attendee. The recital we were about to see was…
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The Art of Synchronization: Christina and Michelle Naughton at the Rockefeller University
Are we at risk of betraying an infatuation with the playing of Christina and Michelle Naughton? After all, they provided our first interview and were the subjects of one of…
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Labyrinth: David Greilsammer at the Crypt Sessions
If we think of a musical performance as a work of art, how then can artistic satisfaction be achieved for the solo musician who longs to be as fully involved…
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Keys to Romance: Christina Kobb at Carnegie Hall
In the early 1800s, with early Romanticism in full swing, the German-speaking keyboard player would have been tutored according to the leading instructional texts of the time. These texts all…
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Yuja Wang Master Class: “Imagine a ballerina spinning on a music box”
Last Monday, January 23, in a master class at the Manhattan School of Music for five piano students willing to pit their confidence in their pianistic skill against what must…
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Review: Natalia Suriano Graduate Recital at MSM
Natalia Suriano is one of a small group of stellar young Argentine pianists who are protégés of Mirian Conti, the New York piano performer, recording artist and educator. Ms. Conti…
