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CLEMENT PIANOS go live with Bösendorfer in Nottingham
Clement Pianos of Nottingham, widely regarded as one of the UK’s leading piano dealers is to become the first showroom in the region to offer the most luxurious and prestigious grand pianos from Bösendorfer, one of the worlds oldest and most famous piano manufacturers. To celebrate the historic arrival from Austria of an impressive collection of six of these magnificent pianos, Clement Pianos based in Lenton Boulevard has joined forces with Bösendorfer to host a unique series of entertaining and educational intimate piano performances and workshops by critically acclaimed classical and jazz artists.
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Austrians “Outstanding Artist” David Helbock plays in New York
On the 9th of November, 7:30 pm, David Helbock will team up with his frequent Austrian collaborators Simon Frick and Alfred Vogel, as well as NYC-based tubist extraordinare, Marcus Rojas for a concert evening at the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York City.
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Matt Bellamy decided on Boesendorfer
Matt Bellamy of Muse, the famous British musician and songwriter, has recently purchased a Boesendorfer 225 for his personal use.
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Ferhan & Ferzan Oender at Festwochen Gmunden 2011
On august 14 the exceptional Piano Duo Ferhan & Ferzan Oender performed at Festwochen Gmunden. Works of Igor Strawinsky, Pablo Ziegler, Astor Piazzola as well as the pieces »Ballade Nazim« and »Sevenlere Dair« from their Turkish counterpart pianist and composer Fazil Say were on the programme.
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Fazil Say performed at “Europäische Wochen Passau”
Fazil Say is a frequent guest at international orchestras. Besides playing the piano, he composed many oratorios, piano concertos, pieces of music for chamber, orchestra and piano and many other songs. He is also a famous Jazz pianist and is honoured with more than 20 international prizes. Together with the Orchestra of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields (conductor: Kenneth Sillito) he performed a concert evening on Bosendorfer on July 25.
In “Passauer Neue Presse” Gerhard Schroth reports in detail: www.pnp.de
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Red Bull Flying Bach conquers Europe
High culture meets urban art — Breakdancing world champions Flying Steps and opera director Christoph Hagel join forces to visualize Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. European Tour with stops in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Turkey. BULL BACH, BÖSENDORFER: The Austrian traditional grand piano is constant tour companion.
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Bosendorfer Grand Piano is the Luxury Choice of Roger Waters on Desert Island Discs
Musician and composer Roger Waters selected a Bosendorfer grand piano as his luxury item if he were to ever find himself marooned on a desert island.
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"Grante kicks up the music's dancing heels to the sky"
Recently, Italian pianist and Bösendorfer Artist Carlo Grante has released the second volume of his own complete collection of Scarlatti's sonatas. In June issue of Gramophone, reviewer Jed Distler receives the recordings with cheers.
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Bösendorfer Sponsors the Open Goldberg Project
By providing concert grand with CEUS recording technology Bösendorfer will sponsor the Open Goldberg Project, which is creating a new score and recording of J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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Kate Borkowski presents 'Beautiful Little Fools'
With her trademark coiled wild hair and unique vocal style, Seattle's Kate Borkoswki has created a new music genre. Her debut album 'Beautiful Little Fools' brings a blend of indie-Americana, merging classic country sounds with power pop and other elements of today's best independent music.
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Doctor donates rare 30-year-old Bösendorfer piano
Thanks to Dr. Richard Graves, clinical professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine, the music department at Sacramento State University is welcoming a new piece into its collection: a Bösendorfer Grand Piano, c. 1881.
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To Hope! Charity concert for Japan
With a charity concert in the cathedral church St. Stephan (Vienna) on April 3, the church and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir stated their solidarity with the people in Japan.
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Hilary Hahn and Valentina Lisitsa on tour
Celebrated violinist Hilary Hahn and "electrifying pianist" Valentina Lisitsa are on tour again. In Paris, Brussels, Bielefeld, Vienna and Munich a Bösendorfer grand will join them at the stage.
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2011 Bösendorfer Piano Competition now open
In 1889 Ludwig Bösendorfer, the ingenious son of company founder Ignaz Bösendorfer, launched the Bösendorfer Piano Competition in order to promote young talents and students.
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Living legacy concert
"The living legacy of 30 million untold stories” was the theme of this year’s International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, which is observed annually on 25 March.
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Klaus Kaufmann talks about CEUS
Klaus Kaufmann is the founder of the Austrian-Chinese-Music-University. He teaches Chinese students from his home in Salzburg through the help of modern technology and several plane trips back and forth every year.
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An Evening of Chamber Music at Callanwolde (Atlanta)
PianoWorks regularly supplies pianos in support of many recitals, concerts and other musical events around Georgia. The Evening of Chamber Music at Callanwolde (March 13), Sam Bennett, owner of PianoWorks, circled already weeks ago on his calendar.
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Domenico Scarlatti - Complete piano recording on Music&Arts
The Italian pianist Carlo Grante has released the second volume of his own complete collection of Scarlatti's sonatas. He decided to perform the sonatas in the order preserved in the Parma manuscript. His instrument: the Bösendorfer Imperial piano.
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"Premium Piano Launch Concert" at Singapore Esplanade
Bösendorfer Ambassador Josephine Koh, violinist Cindy Yan, and cellist Natasha Liu inspire the audience at Singapore Esplanade with an outstanding performance.
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Tales of the Vienna Woods
Gez Kahan from "Pianist"(UK) visited Vienna and Bösendorfer.
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Brazilian pianist Ronaldo Rolim wins 5th Bösendorfer US-ASU International Piano Competition
148 pianists representing 29 countries applied to the 5th Bösendorfer US-ASU International Piano Competition. 28 of them were selected as semifinalists providing a week long exciting and inspiring performances in Katzin Hall of the Herberger Insitute at Arizona State University (January 9-15).
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Sanno Hospital Tokyo hosts Bösendorfer Imperial
Located in Akasaka, Minato-ku in Tokyo, Sanno Hospital is one of the premier hospitals in Japan's capital city, providing warmhearted care and treatment for its patients.
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR !
from Valentina Lisitsa
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JJ Lin introduces his new album
Before Christmas, famous pop star JJ Lin released his new album "She says" with a magnificent concert at Beijing's Central Hall in Long Tan See Park. Onstage: a Bösendorfer Imperial.
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Reading for Music Lovers
The Bösendorfer Magazine No. 5
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Bösendorfer Hall in the Mozarthaus Vienna
Since the beginning of October 2010, Bösendorfer Hall has existed once again. With it, the history of this famous Viennese concert hall can continue to be written. The Mozarthaus Vienna is on our side as a collaboration partner, with its similarly rich history. The new hall is called “BÖSENDORFER-SAAL im MOZARTHAUS VIENNA” and is located in the heart of Vienna, directly behind St. Stephan’s Cathedral.
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Stop and take notice ...
A few weeks ago we informed about latest recordings of famous Italian Bösendorfer-artist Gianluca Luisi. Now "Classical Net" recommended Luisi's "Well-Tempered Clavier" to their readers.
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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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"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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"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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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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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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