Samuel Hollister, assistant conductor for t Symphony Orchestra, had a challenge for his first concert conducting the orchestra onstage at Powell Hall in a subscription series. When he stepped in at ...

From a frightened nine-year-old at a Paris doorstep to the last living link to one of classical music’s greatest composers, ...

The harpsichord, invented in the early 1600s, predates the piano forte by over a century. Unlike the piano, this instrument plucks the strings, creating its unique sound. #harpsichord #musichistory ...

Missy Higgins is at an interesting point in her career: no longer an ingenue with an exaggerated accent but not quite an elder stateswoman. In a recent interview, Higgins said that while she hadn’t ...

Six years ago, midway through the 91st Academy Awards telecast, a walnut Steinway and Sons Model B grand piano took center stage at the Dolby Theatre. After being smoothly propelled from the wings, it ...

While we were going to press with this review, Yamaha announced the release of two new models in the P-series range - an update to the entry-level P-45 called the P-145, and the P-225, destined to ...

‘Goldfinger’? ‘Diamonds Are Forever’? ‘Nobody Does It Better’? What’s *the* definitive Bond title theme? The rich and varied history of James Bond title theme songs has given us – like the movies ...

…Often the most obscure of beings houses a hidden God; And like a nascent eye veiled by its lids, A pure spirit buds beneath the husk of stones!— Gérard de Nerval, “Golden Sayings” in “Selected Works” ...

Nintendo Labo’s blueprint patterns are now available for free, online, through Nintendo itself — but remember that Labo requires more than just cardboard to work as designed. Software, of course, is ...

FRIENDSWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- A man whose video went viral of him playing his son's piano in floodwater after Hurricane Harvey finally received a new piano. Aric Harding and his family were promised ...

At the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival in February, one couldn't help but notice the striking new grand piano on the main stage, emblazoned with the name SHADD. When the many accomplished pianists that ...