by shawn | Jul 4, 2013 | Sharing
Steinway, one of the world’s most famous piano maker, has high hopes of selling the company to Kohlberg & Co., a private equity firm. According to Steinway Musical Instruments, which has been in business for the past 160 years, an agreement of approximately...
by shawn | Jun 30, 2013 | Sharing
Nobuyuki Tsujii, an award-winning Japanese musician, made his first ever performance in Singapore on Tuesday night at the Esplanade Concert Hall. During the recital, he displayed his abilities by playing Chopin and Debussy. According to promoters, tickets were already...
by shawn | Jun 27, 2013 | Sharing
There is a popular phrase saying, “better late than never”, so why not after more than a century later? 138 years after Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 was completed, Pianist Stephen Hough discovered a mistake. After he took a closer look at...
by shawn | Jun 23, 2013 | Sharing
Last Sunday, there were more than thousands of visitors who joined in the fun at the Festival Of Cycling in Finsbury Park in the London Borough of Haringey. Some of the most weird, interesting and fun activities were witness on that very day. One of the most intense...
by shawn | Jun 20, 2013 | Sharing
Nobuyuki Tsujii, Japan’s famous blind pianist, will be holding solo piano concerts in Hanoi on June 19 and in Ho Chi Minh City on June 21 as part of the 2013 Japan-Vietnam friendship year, which aims to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relations between both...
by shawn | Jun 16, 2013 | Sharing
Over the past few days, Istanbul has been the target of tear gas and police water cannons. On Wednesday night, protesters in Gezi Park, in Taksim Square, were girded for conflict. They did not prepare for a piano performance instead. Davide Martello, a German musician...