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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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Expert Advice
All adviceMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalIgor Lipinski on creative recitals, and why you never play the same chord the same wayAbdiel Vázquez on why the piano is a jealous instrument, and why Baroque music lets you misbehaveBenjamin Steinhardt on why your fourth finger isn’t really weakYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeJocelyn Lai on finding time to practice, and why even professionals sound dreadful at firstAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveLeann Osterkamp on why practicing hands separately turns one piece into threeRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you thinkEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footKonstantin Soukhovetski on narrative musicianship, and why rests are your gift to musicAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offSondra Tammam on the Taubman approach and why you can’t fight natureLo-An Lin on teaching piano online, and why some beginners should waitAndrew Tyson on the old-school pianists, and why the score is only a starting pointSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s Beethoven