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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 QuestionCollege Freshman Finds Redemption at Piano CompetitionWorking Chinese Girl Picks Up Piano After Seven YearsPlaying Again After 12 YearsPianist from Georgia says starting piano at an older age has its advantagesStuttering Girl Finds Strength in Music6 Year-Old Sings and Plays “Let it Go” from FrozenDealing with Pain: A Psychologist’s Piano JourneyHarper, 5 Years Old, Sings and Plays Piano
Expert Advice
All adviceBenjamin Steinhardt on why your fourth finger isn’t really weakEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footAbdiel Vázquez on why the piano is a jealous instrument, and why Baroque music lets you misbehaveSondra Tammam on the Taubman approach and why you can’t fight natureLeann Osterkamp on why practicing hands separately turns one piece into threeRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singIgor Lipinski on creative recitals, and why you never play the same chord the same wayEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveJocelyn Lai on finding time to practice, and why even professionals sound dreadful at firstLo-An Lin on teaching piano online, and why some beginners should waitYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyKonstantin Soukhovetski on narrative musicianship, and why rests are your gift to musicSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s BeethovenSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you thinkAndrew Tyson on the old-school pianists, and why the score is only a starting point