Learning how to play music can help maintain the quality of your brain function, according to a new study. According to new research, elderly people who learned the piano saw no change in the density ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Nicholas McCarthy overcame rejection to make a professional career playing the surprisingly vast repertoire for left-hand piano. Credit... Supported by By Alex Marshall When ...

OSAKA--Nayuta Sato has been playing the piano since he was 4 and always wanted to perform with his mother, who couldn’t play any instruments. Adept at performing J-pop songs, Sato, 27, can play them ...

Yanjun Chen, a 23-year-old pianist from China, performs a concerto in the semifinal round of the Seventeenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition alongside the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and ...

On Feb. 21, Symphony Hall broke into applause as world-renowned pianists Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson entered the stage. The duo presented a two-piano and piano four hands recital, hosted by the ...

The piano, with its timeless allure, continues to captivate music enthusiasts worldwide. Its versatility makes it a beloved instrument for beginners and virtuosos alike. Embarking on a journey to ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The portable keyboard has been a foundational instrument in ...

Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker is as revered for the production quality of his music as much as the songs themselves, and now he’s sharing a little bit of that magic with the world. The artist’s ...

Roli, the maker of quirky, portable, and expressive digital pianos and keyboard instruments, has a new device that can both teach budding pianists how to play music and provide seasoned musicians with ...

The winter I bought the piano, I was having a very bad time. I was behind on writing my third novel, sleeping four hours a night and committing an ignoble litany of romantic mistakes. My silent hope ...

When Abigail Terrill (MM ’24) learned about alternative piano keyboards, it seemed she’d found an obvious solution to a complicated problem. Terrill spent the last year of her master’s experience ...

In the Classical era, the colours on a piano keyboard were the other way round – the black keys white, and the white keys, black. So, when did it all change? And why are pianos made up of monochrome ...