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This Week in Piano: October 17 to 23, 2026
First prizes in Tbilisi and Vercelli, bigger prizes in Sydney, and a farewell to Şahan Arzruni.
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- NewsŞahan Arzruni, pianist and champion of Armenian music, dies at 83
- Competition NewsSydney International Piano Competition doubles first prize to $100,000 for 2027
- Competition NewsCurtis Phill Hsu wins the 2026 Viotti International Piano Competition
- Competition NewsTaige Wang wins the 2026 Tbilisi International Piano Competition
- NewsThis Week in Piano: October 10 to 16, 2026
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Stories of Pianists
All storiesJuilliard Pianist Always Gets Asked This One QuestionStuttering Girl Finds Strength in Music6 Year-Old Sings and Plays “Let it Go” from FrozenHarper, 5 Years Old, Sings and Plays PianoWorking Chinese Girl Picks Up Piano After Seven YearsDealing with Pain: A Psychologist’s Piano JourneyPlaying Again After 12 YearsPianist from Georgia says starting piano at an older age has its advantagesCollege Freshman Finds Redemption at Piano Competition
Expert Advice
All adviceAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you thinkSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s BeethovenAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footLo-An Lin on teaching piano online, and why some beginners should waitNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeSondra Tammam on the Taubman approach and why you can’t fight natureAndrew Tyson on the old-school pianists, and why the score is only a starting pointRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveKonstantin Soukhovetski on narrative musicianship, and why rests are your gift to musicSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyIgor Lipinski on creative recitals, and why you never play the same chord the same wayEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsAbdiel Vázquez on why the piano is a jealous instrument, and why Baroque music lets you misbehaveRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singJocelyn Lai on finding time to practice, and why even professionals sound dreadful at firstBenjamin Steinhardt on why your fourth finger isn’t really weakLeann Osterkamp on why practicing hands separately turns one piece into three