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This Week in Piano: October 10 to 16, 2026
Competition wins in Monza and Shepparton, and full fellowships for every solo piano student at Aspen.
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- NewsAspen Music Festival and School to give full fellowships to all solo piano students
- Competition NewsPei-Heng Jiang, 16, wins the Rina Sala Gallo Monza International Piano Competition
- Competition NewsAdam Adov wins 2026 Australian National Piano Award
- NewsAndsnes and Chamayou win 2026 Gramophone Piano Award; Imogen Cooper receives Lifetime Achievement Award
- NewsMitsuko Uchida wins the 2027 Léonie Sonning Music Prize
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Expert Advice
All adviceGerardo Teissonnière on finishing every phrase to the last noteNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersYi-heng Yang on playing a prelude like an improvisationMichael Lewin on why Liszt invented impressionismAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youJiayan Sun on why Beethoven shouldn’t sound like a metronomeRan Dank on why water has no anglesAlan Woo on why silence can be the most dramatic momentRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalYong Hi Moon: melodies are multiplication, not additionInesa Sinkevych on singing while you practiceEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s BeethovenSondra Tammam on the Taubman approach and why you can’t fight natureAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you think