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Critically-Acclaimed Classical Pianist And Steinway & Sons Recording Artist Lara Downes Provides A Different Take On The Music Of Billie Holiday
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Muse Media
When classical pianist Lara Downes was 8 years old, she wrote in her diary that her favorite song was Billie Holiday’s “I Cover the Waterfront." Ever since, says Downes, she has been enthralled with “the distinctive qualities of mood and phrasing, line and color” heard in Holiday’s singing. Now, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Billie Holiday’s birth, Lara Downes offers A Billie Holiday Songbook, a deeply personal tribute to an icon of American music (Steinway & Sons Records) ...
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Markus Gottschlich Receives Official Designation As A Steinway & Sons Artist
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Gillian Speiser
Paying homage to an elite class of pianos, Steinway & Sons, the Austrian-born pianist and composer Markus Gottschlich, has, through his work, joined the coveted roster of Steinway Artists. Such a designation not only signifies his preference for the brand, in which his entire sophomore album, Of Places Between, was performed on a Steinway & Sons Model D concert grand piano, but also indicates Gottschlich’s prominence as one of the country’s leading jazz performers. Upon receipt, Gottschlich was the first ...
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Lenore Raphael featured in All-Steinway weekend (August 27) in Clarksburg, WV
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LenMar Promotions
Internationally renowned jazz pianist/Steinway Artist Lenore Raphael will headline an All-Steinway event. On Friday August 26 , Raphael performs in concert at The Bridgeport Conference Center in Bridgeport, West Virginia. Accompanying her on this concert will be Herman Burney on bass and Roger Humphries on drums. Ms. Raphael has been called “Simply one of the best pianists in the jazz mainstream..."John Gilbert, writer SONY/Columbia. In this concert, she will perform tunes from the Great American SongBook. On Saturday, August 27, ...
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The first Taiwanese jazz pianist to be listed in the Steinway hall of fame: Jo-Yu Chen signed an exclusive artist contract with Sony Music Taiwan
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Jo-Yu Chen
Jazz pianist Jo-Yu Chen, who has long made New York her home, was recently shortlisted as Steinway Artist and thus becoming the first Taiwanese jazz pianist to obtain this honor. At the end of 2010, she was featured prominently in the coverage of two American heavyweight jazz magazines: Downbeat and Jazziz. In addition to being featured in an exclusive interview on the March issue of Downbeat, her original jazz piano trio piece “Tears" was also included in the spring issue ...
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Edward Weiss Joins Roster of Steinway Piano Teachers
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All About Jazz
It's one thing to teach piano its quite another being among those talented enough listed on the prestigious Steinway & Sons compilation of professional teachers.
Edward Weiss is proud to have achieved this benchmark in his career.
Steinway & Sons has been known or over a century and a half for creating the finest pianos available. When a teacher is accepted on their site, you know they are a cut above the rest.
For over 15 years, Edward has been ...
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Cleveland's Ante up Audio Recording Studio Welcomes Classic Steinway Piano
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All About Jazz
With decades of rich musical history, a classic piano is re-born thanks to a recent purchase made by Cleveland-based recording studio: Ante Up Audio (Cleveland, Ohio, Jan 7,2009)--Ante Up Audio, Cleveland's world-class recording facility, recently welcomed a beautifully maintained 1951 Grand Steinway piano into its musical family. This classic Steinway Model B, which was originally owned by the Cleveland Orchestra, is now housed in Ante Up Audio's SSL Suite.
Steinway pianos are widely revered as the finest in the world ...
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Steinway Music System Delivers for Audiophiles Who Have It All
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All About Jazz
Music nuts lust after spatial sound: output so precise you can pinpoint each instrument's location in the recording hall. Well, the room-size Model C isn't just spatial, it's intergalactic.
We dare you to listen to this integrated CD player, amplifier, and speaker symphony without jumping up to conduct. While most speakers are sealed boxes, Steinway's engineers left these open, replicating the resonance of live instruments. And unlike other systems, which convert the audio signal from digital to analog in the ...
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Henry Z. Steinway Piano Maker Passes
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Michael Ricci
Henry Z. Steinway, the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.
Mr. Steinway once said that he had taken countless piano lessons but never knew which is Beethovens this or Beethovens that. He remained proficient on a typewriters keys, however; long after the world had adopted personal computers, he was still pounding away on his Smith-Corona manual.
Henry Ziegler Steinway named for an uncle, and ...
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Bojan Gorisek/Milko Lazar: Two Pianos at Steinway Hall, New York, October 7th
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All About Jazz
GORISEK LAZAR two pianos
October 7th, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
Steinway Hall 109 West 57th Street, New York
For tickets please call: 212-370-3006
Bojan Gorisek and Milko Lazar are one of the rare piano duos in Europe, performing almost exclusively newly composed music for two pianos. As a result of their numerous performances throughout Europe in 2005 and their very successful performances in New York (Merkin Concert Hall, Hungarian Cultural Center) and Washington (Kennedy Center) earlier this year, ...
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Lenore Raphael trio with guest pianist Kuni Mikami perform on two Steinway grands June 5th
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All About Jazz
At AC Pianocraft, Monday June 5th, 8PM, Lenore Raphael, called “simply one of the best pianists in jazz today" (writer John Gilbert), performs standards and originals dedicated to the musicians and victims of hurricane Katrina. Joining her trio (Hilliard Greene on bass and Rudy Lawless on drums)will be Kuni Mikami, himself a great, swinging player. The two will perform on two back-to-back 7 foot Steinway grands. This is the last concert of the series produced by Roberta on the Arts ...
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