Young Pianists International Piano Quartet
Young Pianists International performs John Philip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” arranged by Mack Wilberg.
Grand Spotlight: Seiler Konzert Grand
Handcrafted in Germany to the most exacting standards, this Seiler 9’1″ concert grand piano was designed and built for the stage. Go ahead and turn on the spotlights, the polished ebony finish shines like new! Why not? The piano IS new. Although it was built in 2006, it has never been sold. It still has the factory plastic on the pedals. With heavy duty, locking solid brass casters, you don’t […]
Composer's Corner: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) Son of Leopold Mozart. He showed musical gifts at a very early age, composing when he was five and when he was six playing before the Bavarian elector and the Austrian empress. Leopold felt that it was proper, and might also be profitable, to exhibit his children’s God-given genius (Maria Anna, “Nannerl,” 1751-1829, was a gifted keyboard player): so in […]
Rhythms Flow as Aging Pianist Finds New Audience
THE NEW YORK TIMES: For years, the donated piano sat upright and unused in a corner of the nursing home’s cafeteria. Now and then someone would wheel or wobble over to pound out broken notes on the broken keys, but those out-of-tune interludes were rare. Day after surrendering day, the flawed piano remained mercifully silent. Then came a new resident, a musician in his 80s with a touch of forgetfulness named Boyd […]
