Calling all families in the North of Singapore! The Season of Giving is back at our Year-End SALE! This is a perfect occasion to surprise your loved ones with the gift of music and visit our exciting piano roadshow to try instruments that will be on tempting offer!

U.P to 24 months Instalment (0% interest) option available for UOB credit cardholders!

PM us to plan your visit as stocks are limited and this event is NOT TO BE MISSED!

#aureus #sales #promotion #BuyPiano #parent #teacher #roadshow #event

It is a myth that only serious musicians needs to have their pianos voiced. In reality, all pianos need to be voiced periodically, even those used by novice pianists. When a pianist is just starting to learn to play, it is important that a properly-voiced instrument is used so that she is able to discern between notes based purely on her playing. This reduces the number of variables that she has to handle in her learning journey.

#maintenance #care #voicing #tuning #repair #technician #tuner

By the late 19th century, designers were still tinkering with piano design.

The Hungarian musician Paul von Jankó introduced what came to be called the Jankó keyboard, which was shorter across but had several horizontal rows of keys like stripes across the instrument.

In 1911, an Australian designer insisted the piano of the future would have a curved keyboard with longer keys.

Is a piano still a piano if you play it with your feet?

The next question, then, is when does a piano stop being a piano?

These days a phone can be a camera and a publishing system and a map and a diary and a recording device. And yet we still call it a phone. Even when it's a metronome. Even, yes, when it's a piano.

#evolution

The Red Piano is an all-request, high energy piano bar that offers live music every night of the week. Tuesday through Sunday we open the doors at noon, with a revolving schedule of local talent playing from 2pm-5pm.

Jason Libs kicks off at 5 until 8pm followed by a monthly featured artist that we fly in from all across the USA. Monday night we give the piano players a night off so that we can bring you "Church on Monday" - our blues night that showcases the best talent on the Central Coast.

Come on your own and make friends, or bring the whole gang with you...The Red Piano is going to be a great night out.

#bar #PianoBar #LiveMusic #live #performing

To use new ivory on a new piano is intolerable at a time when poachers are killing about 17,000 elephants a year and environmental concerns are at the forefront of most thinking people's agendas.

Despite the scourge of poaching, piano maker Bechstein has used ivory on a golden salon grand commissioned for its 160th anniversary and based on a replica of the original gilded piano Carl Bechstein created for Queen Victoria in the late 19th century. It took a team of 90 workers more than 2,500 hours to recreate the elaborate instrument. It is finished with 24-carat gold leaf, carved from century-old Italian wood and finished with - legally sourced - ivory keys.

#bechstein #ivory #environment

Musical ability relies heavily on procedural memory, which aids in the performance of specific tasks, like juggling or playing piano, and which can be done almost unconsciously after they’ve been mastered.

Once you learn to ride a bike, the ability to do so recedes to levels below conscious awareness.

But memory is imperfect. One main reason performers can suddenly and unexpectedly forget a piece of a music is because of memory retrieval. One thing that causes retrieval problems is stress or performance anxiety or the pressure we put on ourselves.

#forget #memory #parent #teacher

Aging poses unique challenges for the musician. When our bodies become less resilient it’s more difficult to adapt to the strenuous nature of our professions.

We’re more prone to injury in part due to muscle, bone, tendon, and ligament changes when our bodies slow down. Aging causes bones to become less stable, and the strength, size, and endurance of muscle tissue erodes.

Body composition changes as we age. Body fat increases, while muscle mass decreases.

We might also become de-conditioned, even though we know we should exercise more to maintain strength and fluidity.

All of these issues contribute to reaching maximum exposure.

#aging #health #career #challenges

Zubin Mehta was only 25 years old when he first conducted the Israel Philharmonic. Over half a century later, he's passing the baton to a fast-rising Israeli maestro some 53 years his junior.

The 83-year-old Indian conductor capped off thousands of performances as music director of the renowned symphony orchestra in a series of farewell concerts in Tel Aviv this week, making way for Lahav Shani, 30, to take the reins.

#ZubinMehta #conductor #orchestra #philharmonic

The medal will be awarded to Ms. Hewitt in recognition of her international standing and contribution to Wigmore Hall over the past 35 years.

Pianist Angela Hewitt is set to be awarded the Wigmore Medal in a ceremony on 2 June 2020. The medal will be presented immediately after the final concert of her Bach Odyssey – a four-season survey of the composer’s complete keyboard works, across 12 concerts, which began in 2016. Her next performance of the Odyssey will be at Wigmore Hall on 28 March.

The Canadian pianist has given over 80 performances at Wigmore Hall since her debut back in 1985. It has been a mainstay venue throughout her career. The Wigmore Medal will be awarded to Hewitt in the same year that she receives the City of Leipzig Bach Medal – the first woman and only the second pianist to receive the award.

#AngelaHewitt #WigmoreHall #WigmoreMedal #CityofLeipzigBachMedal #bach

A rather unusual instrument has just been put up for sale on eBay. Its a grand piano that has been restyled to look like the Millennium Falcon (from Star Wars, of course).

The piano featured in Piano Player’s video “Ultimate Star Wars Medley”.

The starting bid is 7,500 USD, but the eBay auction closed with the Millennium Falcon Piano failing to receive any bids.

#eBay #MillenniumFalcon #StarWars #SonyaBelousova #PlayerPiano #sales #auction

There is an obvious Star Wars fever on a global scale this December 2015. Straits Times reported that Star Wars: The Force Awakens generated a record US$238 million (S$364.34 million) in US and Canadian ticket sales over the weekend as fans of the space saga packed cinemas, according to Walt Disney Co estimates on Sunday (20 Dec 2015).

Once more in the limelight is John Williams, who is the composer for all seven Star Wars saga films. And musicians around the world celebrate Star Wars music in many ways.

#StarWars #ForceAwakens #JohnWilliams