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"That is why I chose to become a Bösendorfer pianist."
"In a better world, Gianluca Luisi would be feted as a natural successor to Maurizio Pollini, but this is a world in which talent doesn't matter as much as how good you look, how powerful your agent is ....
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"Dedication to Maestro"
Already in spring the Heraldic Hall of the Winter Palace (Hermitage) in St. Petersburg was place of the 4th International Festival "Dedication to Maestro".
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"A heavenly Bösendorfer"
Founded in 1935, American Record Guide is America's oldest classical music review magazine. Recently they reviewed Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas played by well-known Italian pianist Carlo Grante (Vol.1).
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„Klavier kraft Jazz“
Yaron Herman enchanted his public at the sold out Hollein hall at Waidhofen / Ybbs
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New Bösendorfer Selection Center ceremoniously opened
The new Bösendorfer Selection Center opened ceremoniously on May 19 in the presence of numerous representatives from politics, business and culture.
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Viennese Ball in Moscow
The 8th Viennese Ball in Gostiny Dvor on April 24 once again left nothing to be desired, including a Viennese coffeehouse atmosphere and the comfortable ambience of a Viennese wine tavern -- and including the touching sound by Bösendorfer.
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The Beatles
John Lennon would celebrate his 70th birthday this year -- as does his fellow Beatle Ringo Starr, who is now touring the world. With the Beatles, they gave their only performance in Austria in 1965. In Obertauern. And on a Bösendorfer.
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"I am deeply impressed"
William Carlton Eacho, since mid-September 2009 United States ambassador to Austria, recently visited the Bösendorfer piano company.
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Standing ovations for Cecile Licad and the Manila Symphony Orchestra
Listening to Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor at the Ayala Malls (Philippines) on March 18 one could have thought that the F minor concerto was specially composed for soloist Cecile Licad by Chopin. And for the Bosendorfer grand she played on.
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Budapest: tonwelt company makes restoration of two historical Liszt pianos by Bösendorfer possible
Soon, visitors to the Franz Liszt Museum in Budapest will be able to hear both of Liszt’s pianos once again with their brilliant sound thanks to the dedication of tonwelt and the Hungarian Academy of Music's piano workshop.
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Sneak Preview: New Santana Record to be released in May 2010
The new Santana album is being recorded at the home studio of smooth jazz keyboard artist Freddie Ravel. It will include the piano sound of a Bösendorfer Imperial "Ceus" owned by Freddie Ravel.
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18th MOVIEGUIDE® Awards Gala, Beverly Hills, California
Each year around Oscar time, MOVIEGUIDE® hosts its Annual Faith & Values Awards Gala and Report to the Entertainment Industry in Hollywood. This year Dr. Linda Reese honored the event with her piano concert. On a Bösendorfer Imperial.
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Lots of Applause for Elena Misirkova in Brussels
Elena Misirkova’s concert was the highlight and cultural contribution of the republics of Macedonia and Austria at the GALILEO Application Days (GAD) in Brussels at the beginning of March.
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Chopin-Evening at Bösendorfer Downtown
Within a 10-days Chopin trip throughout Europe including events in Warsaw, Vienna, Paris and Nohant a group of the french travel agency "La Fugue Europera" was hosted at Bösendorfer Downtown Showroom.
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Scarlatti piano recital with Carlo Grante
Let us invite you to a very special piano recital on Wednesday, March 10, at Bösendorfer Hall. Italian pianist Carlo Grante will play sonatas of Domenici Scarlatti and will present his new CD recordings of all Scarlatti sonatas.
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Galileo concerts
Second concert in the series of Galileo concerts with Elena Misirkova - on Bösendorfer - all over Europe, March 4th in Brussels
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Focus on Infinity
She was classically trained, studied jazz, loves improvised music - yet her heart belongs above all to songwritig: Sabina Hank. With her new album, "Focus on Infinity," the Salzburg native once again demonstrates her musical diversity.
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Schubert in Lansdale
Ignat Solzhenitsyn, music director and conductor of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, recently performed as pianist at the Lansdale Center for the Performing Arts. On Feb. 12, Schubert's music resounded in the North Penn region.
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Bösendorfer at the Vienna Opera Ball
This year, the societal highlight of Vienna's carnival season, the Vienna Opera Ball, revolved around musical icons Mahler and Chopin, as well as around the outgoing opera director Ioan Holender. Also at the center of focus: a Bösendorfer grand.
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Music is a Universal Language: European JUNIOR ORIGINAL CONCERT 2010 Wien
Bravo and thanks to Eléonora, Vera, Lucas, Elmar, Elias, Valeria Cristea, Alexandros, Nathan, Lucie and Daria for the wonderful EJOC concert on 2/6 at the Vienna Konzerthaus. Your compositions were, like your playing, a joy for the guests!
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George Fox University presents Bösendorfer Artist Valentina Lisitsa
George Fox, a Christian university of the liberal arts and sciences, and professional studies, in Oregon, is listed among the top 100 colleges in the United States in Forbes’ 2009-10. They are now presenting the Fourth Annual Bösendorfer Artist Series.
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VALENTINE'S DAY: "For where the strict and tender, where strong and mild couple, there is a good sound."
There are many beautiful love poems and thoughts on love in all the world's languages. Friedrich Schiller, for instance, in "Song of the Bell" compares the harmony of love with a consonant sound.
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Outstanding Piano Music
Gianluca Luisi, the Italian master pianist, played Bach, Chopin, Liszt and eine Rigoletti paraphrase for an enthusiastic audience on Feb. 9 in Bösendorfer Hall.
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The new stars of European jazz, the Marcin Wasilewski Trio tour Australia
One of Europe's finest piano trio, The Marcin Wasilewski Trio tour Australia as part of the Sydney and Perth Festivals. On Friday 29.1. they played at The Band Room, ANU School of Music, Canberra. The piano was a Bösendorfer.
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Busoni's Indian Diary, written for the Bösendorfer Imperial, featured on Italian National Radio
Carlo Grante plays excerpts on a Bösendorfer Imperial from Ferruccio Busoni's Indian Diary on the program Contemporanea, hosted by Guido Barbieri, on Italian National Radio on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 at 11:00 PM. Here are his text and performance excerpts.
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The Köln Concert
Over 35 years ago, on January 24, 1975, Keith Jarrett gave his famous, freely improvised solo concert at the Cologne Opera - on a Bösendorfer. The Köln Concert has become the bestselling solo piano and jazz solo record of all time.
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"I heard the 'Skyscraper Concerto'"
Some performances just leave you speechless. They serve as reminders that music's language reaches beyond the realm of words, that it communicates where words fail.
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The Skyscraper Concerto
A treat for piano lovers is on the Vienna Konzerthaus’s program for January 15 and 16 in the Great Hall. Ferrucio Busoni’s monumental Piano Concerto, Op. 39 will once again be performed in Vienna. With Maestro Carlo Grante on a Bösendorfer Imperial.
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Reading for Music Lovers
The Bösendorfer Magazine No. 4
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Alexander Schimpf Visits Bösendorfer
The winner of the 2009 International Beethoven Piano Competition, Alexander Schimpf, recently visited the Bösendorfer piano company to choose his prize - a Bösendorfer model 200.
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Audi turns 100 – Celebration in Ingolstadt together with Bösendorfer!
The Audi design Grand, which had its world premiere on this memorable day in the Audi Forum, arose from close collaboration with the Viennese piano manufacturer Bösendorfer.
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