#piano

#piano

The Circular Musical Notation of George CrumbGeorge Crumb is a Pulitzer and Grammy Award-winning composer known for his experimental pieces. In a 2006 blog post, writer and consultant Andrew Hearst describes buying sheet music from Crumb’s Makrokosmos Volume collection for the piano. The image above is from the composition titled “Twin Suns”. Crumb’s sheet music is designed in a circular fashion.Here’s a video recording of a 2016 performance of the piece by Kyle Shaw. If I correctly understand the construction of a grand piano, Shaw is pressing down on the pins as part of Crumb’s composition. What a novel approach!-via Nag on the Lake#piano #sheetmusic #GeorgeCrumb #music

Look at This Piano in the CornerTYWKIWDBI posts this fascinating image. The piano fits neatly into a corner. And it’s not the only corner-shaped piano out there.Where is it? Does it work? There’s a lot of speculation on reddit about whether it would be mechanically possible.None of the library databases that I have access to mention anything like this piano. The best clues that I can find suggest that this or a very similar corner-shaped piano exists at a piano-themed museum in Chongqing, China. It might also be at the Australia Piano Warehouse in Melbourne.#piano

Jairus Rhoades, 17-year-old from Hawaii, Took the Top Prize Aloha International Piano Festival With a 12-Minute Performance of Rachmaninoff Piano prodigy Jairus Rhoades wowed musicians and judges at the Aloha International Piano Festival with his twelve-minute performance of Rachmaninoff. His act won the top prize for the young artist bracket of the competition.The 17-year-old competed against older pianists, including musicians who train at Juilliard and the New England Conservatory of Music. As to why Rhoades was placed in a higher category, the young pianist already won the high school division, so he had no choice but to compete with conservatory students. With his stunning performance, it seems that neither age nor school affiliation mattered at all!#Piano #Music #AlohaInternationalPianoFestival #JairusRhoades #Rachmaninoff image credit: Jairus Rhoades via Hawaii News Now