Fans of classical piano will have a difficult choice to make this Sunday when the legendary Maurizio Pollini and the budding superstar Lang Lang each kick off their respective concerts at 3:00 p.m. just a few blocks from one another. more ›

Jon Stewart's not the only guy who can have fun with Chatroulette. In the latest viral video making the rounds, one user took advantage to come up with some great off-the-cuff piano tunes and he's not too bad (better than Ben Folds' last record, anyway). more ›

Earlier today, we read the news that FAO Schwarz is pulling out of Macy's stores across the country and then we read this. It got us thinking about the most iconic giant piano scene in film history. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a decent version of that scene so we've placed what we found after the jump. Instead, check out this even more impressive, though Tom Hanks-less giant piano demonstration. more ›

If pianist Leon Fleisher had walked away from music when, at the age of 37, focal dystonia immobilized two fingers on his right hand and put a screeching halt to his soaring career, it would've been understandable, even expected. However, in an effort that can rightly be called heroic, Fleisher persevered and remained involved in music for the better part of the past four decades, teaching, conducting, and performing the surprisingly decent amount of piano repertoire written for left hand (much of which was written for concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein, brother of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I). more ›