Piano

Arthur Rubinstein’s piano competition: A rich tale of two cities and one legacy

While the competition is traditionally held every 3 years in Tel Aviv, the 18th edition features a unique bifurcated structure due to ongoing security concerns in Israel.

Jinhyung Park.
‘The event is not over’: An innovative new way to see art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions

MAO concert (see Thursday)

Jerusalem highlights: February 13-19

Pianist Ido Shalom takes his seat at the keyboard

Pianist Ido Shalom on music, meaning, and playing beyond the concert hall


Joanne Rogers, pianist and widow of TV star Fred Rogers, dies at 92

The couple were married for 50 years before Fred Rogers’ death from stomach cancer in 2003.

Fred Rogers honored with star

Israeli pianist David Greilsammer creates musical labyrinth

Labyrinth is a study in opposites, how they attract and even enhance one another.

DAVID GREILSAMMER

Jerusalem hosts eighth annual Pianos Festival for free, completely online

Thursday saw the debut of a new project by composer Tom Cohen, featuring guests Dudu Tassa and pianist Omri Mor, which blends the works of Beethoven with classical Andalusian music.

The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra plays at the 2019 Pianos Festival.

Beethoven: 250 years and counting

The Pianos Festival will be performed at the event’s regular berth of the Jerusalem Theater, November 11 to 14.

NIZAR EL-KHATER will team up with the Jerusalem Street Orchestra in a wide-ranging sonata-based program.

A pianist’s point of view: The marvelous possibilities of music

Music is one of the most powerful and beautiful forces in the world.

Schertzman’s grandson, Eli Schertzman, playing the piano in Efrat

Through COVID-19’s pandemic, Jerusalem pianist builds a global family

‘I’ve reinvented myself many times. When I was 50, I hadn’t practiced classical music in 30 years’.

GERSHON WACHTEL: ‘This is my great personal need, to make music for the world

Leon Fleisher, acclaimed Jewish pianist, dies aged 92

Fleisher battled through a three decade long hand injury during which he played left handed only, before recording two new albums of two-handed music in the early 2000s.

Pianist Leon Fleisher, a 2007 Kennedy Center Honoree, greets photographers as he arrives for a Gala Dinner at the State Department in Washington December 1, 2007.

Keying up for Israel's first online piano festival

“The PianoWebFest is all about international, online communication.”

ISRAEL’S FIRST online piano festival, the International Piano Web Festival, will run from August 18-25.

Rubinstein piano competition slated for 2021

The competition, to take place in Tel Aviv, will be held under the artistic direction of pianist Ariel Cohen.

ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN.

Encountering Peace: Quarantine pastimes

We all have “projects” that we have avoided doing for years. Well this is the perfect opportunity to finally get them done.

Jerusalem residents enjoy the holiday of Purim while wearing costumes that poke fun at the coronavirus pandemic, pretending to bury the virus