Setting Pianistic Standards: The Arthur Rubinstein Society And International...
Arthur Rubinstein You don’t have to be a pianist, but you do have to be a musician that we know and respect, to be invited as a juror of the competition,” comments Idith Zvi, as she invites me into...
View ArticlePresenting: Pianist Alexej Gorwatch, Winner of the 2009 Dublin International...
It certainly took some of the proverbial practice, practice, practice…. to get to Carnegie Hall, on the part of the 23 years old Alexej Gorlatch, who is continuing his studies at the Hochschule für...
View ArticleDo high scores in competitions equal playing it safe?
Alexander Schimpf Photo:Balazs Borocz Pilvax Studio Carnegie’s Zankel Hall piano recital on December 5thwas part of the Mixon First Prize, granted to this year’s Cleveland International Piano...
View Article2012 PARMA Student Composer Competition – in case you have bnot lost your...
Summary Ten winners will be selected by an award-winning panel of three independent judges, and the winners’ pieces will be published in the digitally-distributed 2012 PARMA Anthology Of Music: Student...
View ArticlePianist Klara Min- Intimate Mazurkas And More
Klara Min does not seem to get nervous easily. I learned this while sitting in on an interview / conversation with recording producer Leszek Wojcik for the release of her Chopin Mazurkasdisk, which...
View ArticleNew York International Piano Competition goes SubCulture
Photo: SubCulture Ryan Jensen On January 9th, SubCulture kicked off the New Year with two New York premieres, performed by former prize winners of the New York International Piano Competition’s...
View ArticlePianist/Composer Michael Brown – Music’s Wingman
(photo credit: Jeanette Beckman) When American pianist Michael Brown listened to the radio as a teenager, he fell in love with a specific contemporary classical piece: the First Piano Concerto by...
View ArticlePianist Roman Rabinovich’s creative homage to artistic expression
(Self-Portrait of the artist) On Saturday, December 15th, 2012 at 7 pm, The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Foundation will present their Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall recital, in honor of the...
View ArticlePianist Steven Lin – focus on essential music making
What does it take these days for a young pianist to survive in a talent market saturated with more and more prolific contenders? Given the unusually high-ranking technical, as well as musical eloquence...
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