UPDATE | TSO Pulls Concerto in Wake of Controversy

By Michael Vincent on April 7, 2015

The Toronto Symphony have announced that they have pulled the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 from the program. Replacement pianist Stewart Goodyear responds...

Fits & Bursts | Daniil Trifonov: "If your fingers go directly from your heart"

By Michael Vincent on April 4, 2015

There are few, if any pianists quite like Daniil Trifonov. In this fascinating video, pianist and former classmate Zsolt Bognár interviews Trifonov, who at the age of 24, shows a wisdom well beyond his years...

CD REVIEW | Distilling the Spaces Between Carthage and Rome

By Jay Caron on January 28, 2015

I am always skeptical of what I would call “fusion” composition; I would briefly describe this as taking the harmonic language, rhythms, or instruments of some non-western culture, or the elements of a popular music genre, and unceremoniously shoving them into the context of western art music. This could perhaps be analogized as mixing water and oil; things that are, on their own, valuable, but which resist amalgamation. The result can often leave me wondering whether greater care could have been taken to present each separate element in its best light. It is a technique dangerously prone to superficiality...

COFFEE BREAK | How Often is Each Piano Key Pressed in Chopin's Op. 25 Etudes?

By Michael Vincent on December 2, 2014

Pianists, which etude will you scale next? We'll be looking for the complementary set to Chopin's Opus 10 next...

JOHN TERAUDS | A Veteran Virtuoso Continues to Climb High

By John Terauds on November 18, 2014

CONCERT REVIEW | Rafał Blechacz: Gold, but not burnished

By Neil Crory on October 20, 2014

The much-anticipated Toronto debut of the $300,000.00 pianist - Rafał Blechacz - took place on Sunday afternoon at Koerner Hall. The near capacity audience was treated to a somewhat old-fashioned programme which included Bach's Italian Concerto, Beethoven's "Pathétique" Sonata and, after intermission, a collection of diverse works by Frédéric Chopin.

THE MORNING AFTER | Excerpts from the Freya Grimhands Method of Piano Instruction

By Lev Bratishenko on October 9, 2014

FITS & BURSTS | Toronto International Piano Competition gets a new start

By Michael Vincent on October 8, 2014

Toronto area businesses team-up to donate pianos to schools in Jamaica

By Michael Vincent on July 29, 2014

Entire neighbourhood shows up for 8-year-old's piano concert after garden sign goes viral

By Michael Vincent on July 14, 2014