Jazz musician Vijay Iyer started playing the violin when he was 3, but when he was 4 or 5, he wanted to play another instrument: the piano. “The piano was around because my sister was taking lessons, and so I just started messing on it and figuring things out little by little,” Iyer tells Terry Gross….
Alicia Keys on NPR with Marian McPartland
Since her debut album in 2001, singer, pianist and songwriter Alicia Keys has won five Grammy awards. One critic has called her “the new Roberta Flack with a hip-hop edge.” Her music is contemporary but firmly grounded in the traditions of soul, R&B, jazz and the blues. Read more here.
John Giordano, Doug McLennan to head juries for the 6th International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amatuers™
Fort Worth, Texas, October 15, 2010: The sixth International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs will take place May 23-29, 2011 at Ed Landreth Auditorium on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth. The competition, established in 1999 as the first of its kind in the United States, is open to those 35 and older who…
Chopin Piano Competition
81 pianists from 23 countries are competing for honors at the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. 2010 is the bicentennial of Chopin’s birth. Held every five years, the competition in Warsaw runs through October 20th. Competitors are required to play a selection of Chopin’s compositions. The winner receives a gold medal, 30,000 Euros and engagements…
Free piano lessons offered by Temecula’s Musicians Workshop
Musicians Workshop, a local nonprofit performing arts & music education organization, recently announced it would offer beginning piano lessons at no charge in part thanks to a donation by the Temecula Noon Rotary. The initiative is part of the “Building Better Futures for Youth” through the music education program. Click here to read more.
We think pianist/vocalist Tony DeSare is grand, watch and see if you agree
Music video for the original song written and performed by Tony DeSare. Directed by Brian Herzlinger. Click here to view
