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piano

An expansive concert hall filled with audience members shows dozens of pianists and instrumentalists arranged in a large circular setup around the stage.

In ‘11,000 Strings,’ Georg Friedrich Haas Builds a Vast Sonic Landscape

The piece is a work of enormous scope and forcefulness that reaches, by some pivot of a lens, an intimacy that surprises.
By Gabrielle Ferrari
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, designer; Johnstone, Norman & Co., London, manufacturers; Model D Pianoforte and Stools, 1884–87.

A Piano that Survived the Wrecking Ball Now a Time Machine to NY’s Gilded Age

The piano's designer, 19th century artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema, is more popular than ever.
By David D'Arcy
Procol Harum

Prog Rock Icons Procol Harum Return With Their 50th Anniversary Album

On the 50th anniversary of their debut, English prog rock legends Procol Harum are back—and they sound as vital as they did in 1967.
By Jude Warne
Matthew Shipp

Jazz Icon Matthew Shipp on Ending His Recording Career With ‘Piano Song’

By Brad Cohan
Mose Allison.

RIP Mose Allison, the Most Influential Jazz Pianist in Rock History

By Ron Hart
Bill Joel.

Coming to Terms With Loving Billy Joel

By Justin Joffe
Chris Pitsiokos.

The Month in Weird: June’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Arsentiy Kharitonov.

Arsentiy Kharitonov’s Piano Magic Enraptures a Packed Carnegie Hall

By Raymond Beegle
Eric Bachmann.

Eric Bachmann Finds Himself to Write the Best Songs of His Career

By Brad Cohan
Kenny Barron at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay Calif.

Pianist Kenny Barron Masters the Art of Intuition

By Ron Hart
Vijay Iyer.

Vijay Iyer Illuminates Jazz as Art at the Met Breuer

By Ron Hart
Behold, the muse! (Justin Joffe for Observer)

Joanna Newsom Transcends Space and Time in Brooklyn

By Justin Joffe

A Musician of Words: William Zinsser, 1922-2015

By Matthew Kassel
Photo: Nicholas & Lence Communications

Pianist Jiaxin Tian Headlines Carnegie Hall Chinese New Year’s Eve Celebration

By Marina Zheng

Phantom Piano Haunts the East River

By Elizabeth Coscia

Out of the Halfway House, Jeremy Rosen Finds Home at Piano

By Jon Hart

Play it Again! Rehabbed Pianos to Return to City Streets

By Alyssa Berlin
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