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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
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Expert Advice
All adviceJiayan Sun on why Beethoven shouldn’t sound like a metronomeJiayan Sun on score reading, and why a quarter note isn’t as long as you thinkIgor Lipinski on creative recitals, and why you never play the same chord the same waySondra 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 pointRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should singKonstantin Soukhovetski on narrative musicianship, and why rests are your gift to musicYoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volumeEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your footAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressiveAlvin Zhu on why you should learn a new piece before you play a noteLo-An Lin on teaching piano online, and why some beginners should waitSvetlana Belsky on Bach’s Little Preludes, and why you should stop looking for the melodyMichael Lewin on why the audition panel wants to like youEric Lu on playing the pieces everyone playsAntonio Pompa-Baldi on why no one should hear the hammersBenjamin Steinhardt on why your fourth finger isn’t really weakYong Hi Moon: melodies are multiplication, not additionSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s BeethovenSean Chen on why your ears, not your feet, play the pedalRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beatMagdalena Stern-Baczewska on why Bach’s inventions are floss for your brainNicolas Namoradze on why pianists turn their ears offMichael Lewin on why Liszt invented impressionism