Sonate Harder

April 21, 2013

berlinkonzentrat:

(photo via)
The Piano Salon Christophori is a magical place. It is a beautiful piano workshop located in an old factory in the Wedding district, and its athmosphere is unique: the old industrial setting is made warm by the pieces of pianos and tools scattered everywhere, warm lamps and paintings on the walls. But the Piano Salon is not just a workshop: it host regular series of concerts from some of the best pianist and musicians passing by in Berlin and anyone can make a reservation on Christophori’s website and attend in exchange for a donation.
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Il Piano Salon Christophori è uno dei posti più magici in città. Si tratta di un laboratorio in cui si riparano pianoforti e si trova in una vecchia fabbrica nel quartiere Wedding. Tra pezzi di pianoforti e strumenti di lavoro sparpagliati ovunque, quadri e lampade dalle luci soffuse, i proprietari del Piano Salon organizzano regolarmente serie di concerti aperti a tutti a cui partecipano alcuni tra i pianisti più bravi che si trovano a passare da Berlino. Per partecipare, basta prenotarsi sul loro sito.

(photo via)

The Piano Salon Christophori is a magical place. It is a beautiful piano workshop located in an old factory in the Wedding district, and its athmosphere is unique: the old industrial setting is made warm by the pieces of pianos and tools scattered everywhere, warm lamps and paintings on the walls. But the Piano Salon is not just a workshop: it host regular series of concerts from some of the best pianist and musicians passing by in Berlin and anyone can make a reservation on Christophori’s website and attend in exchange for a donation.

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Il Piano Salon Christophori è uno dei posti più magici in città. Si tratta di un laboratorio in cui si riparano pianoforti e si trova in una vecchia fabbrica nel quartiere Wedding. Tra pezzi di pianoforti e strumenti di lavoro sparpagliati ovunque, quadri e lampade dalle luci soffuse, i proprietari del Piano Salon organizzano regolarmente serie di concerti aperti a tutti a cui partecipano alcuni tra i pianisti più bravi che si trovano a passare da Berlino. Per partecipare, basta prenotarsi sul loro sito.

4:28pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxjDzB8M

(Notes: 5)

April 17, 2013

"There’s a way of playing safe, there’s a way of using tricks and there’s the way I like to play, which is dangerously, where you’re going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven’t created before."

— Dave Brubeck (via justleanna)

8:27pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxixG5za

(Notes: 32)

Filed under: piano music performance brave

April 14, 2013

"Every spring the leaves of the trees re-appear with the spring, but they are different every time. How can we expect to produce a vital performance if we don’t re-create the work every time?"

— Pablo Casals

9:51am | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxig7s2P

(Notes: 12)

Filed under: music performance inspiration cello violoncello

January 21, 2013

synthmaestro:

WheelHarp

(Source: antiquitymusic.com)

7:33pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxcKp5sD

(Notes: 19)

Filed under: piano WheelHarp Cool strings violin music awesome strange

January 20, 2013

curxes:

Piammonite… Rf #Writing #Music #Piano #Hammers

10:14am | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxcCZah5

(Notes: 5)

Filed under: piano music hammers writing

January 19, 2013

chialyn:

Arthur Rubinstein - Brahms Intermezzo, Op. 118, No. 2 in A major

I found the sheet music for this piece and am now learning it. Oddly, I didn’t learn much Brahms when I was younger; trying to make up that gap now as an adult.

This piece is so gorgeous. And I am such a sucker for “3 against 2” rhythms (also why I adore Claude Debussy’s First Arabesque). Here, Brahms writes triplets against eighths. Listen for it starting around 1:50.

Polyrhythms and lyrical lines floating between hands! /swoooon/

(Source: youtube.com)

4:04pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxc8rB0i

(Notes: 8)

Filed under: piano music johannes brahms

January 18, 2013

fuckyeahcontempclassicalmusic:

Thomas Ades at the piano.

(Source: contemporaryclassical)

10:55pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zi1ncxc5b_Fp

(Notes: 4)

Filed under: piano thomas ades ades music

January 18, 2013

wikipics:

Schematic diagram of a piano, one of the most popular musical instruments in the world. The diagram (see legend) shows a grand piano, one of two basic piano configurations, the other being the upright piano. Full-size grand pianos are preferred for concerts, because larger pianos with longer strings have larger, richer sound and lower inharmonicity of the strings.

Image: Olek Remesz/Bechstein