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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 storiesDealing with Pain: A Psychologist’s Piano JourneyStuttering Girl Finds Strength in MusicHarper, 5 Years Old, Sings and Plays PianoPianist from Georgia says starting piano at an older age has its advantagesCollege Freshman Finds Redemption at Piano Competition6 Year-Old Sings and Plays “Let it Go” from FrozenWorking Chinese Girl Picks Up Piano After Seven YearsJuilliard Pianist Always Gets Asked This One QuestionPlaying Again After 12 Years
Expert Advice
All adviceAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainYong Hi Moon: melodies are multiplication, not additionSondra Tammam on the Taubman approach and why you can’t fight natureLo-An Lin on teaching piano online, and why some beginners should waitMichael Lewin on why Liszt invented impressionismBenjamin Steinhardt on why your fourth finger isn’t really weakYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeIgor Lipinski on creative recitals, and why you never play the same chord the same wayMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s BeethovenAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersKonstantin Soukhovetski on narrative musicianship, and why rests are your gift to musicNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offAndrew Tyson on the old-school pianists, and why the score is only a starting pointJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you thinkJiayan Sun on why Beethoven shouldn’t sound like a metronome