Minn. man helps keep stars in tune
WILLMAR, Minn. If a pianist has a wonderful concert, longtime piano tuner Dennis Benson of Willmar can take some of the credit. His job is to make the piano sound perfect. But he doesn't always know...
View ArticleTreasured by musicians, Pleyel piano maker closing, defeated by booming...
PARIS — Gone are its glory days, when Chopin composed concertos on its pianos. France’s Pleyel piano maker is shutting its doors, unable to keep up with cheaper and more agile competition. Down to...
View ArticleGerard Butler, Antonio Banderas Rev Up the Star Quotient at Formula 1's U.S....
0 0 0 0 0 Email Print Comments Getty Images From left: Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith and Gerard Butler Adrien Grenier, Melanie Griffith, Val Kilmer and Oscar-winning sound designer Per Hallberg...
View ArticleTexas Longhorns Roundball Roundup: Connor Lammert Says to "Treat Yoself"
4-0. Picture me rollin'. Enjoy it while it lasts, folks. The Longhorns sit pretty at four wins and zero losses. First place in the Big 12, baby! SOAK IT IN. If Texas keeps it up, my request to get...
View ArticleBilly Joel Tickets for Sale: QueenBeeTickets.com Delights Fans with Billy...
Billy Joel is scheduled to perform at least eight concerts in 2014, and QueenBeeTickets.com is delighting fans with an inventory of Billy Joel tickets for sale at reduced prices for each show....
View Article>Billy Joel Tickets for Sale: QueenBeeTickets.com Delights Fans with Billy...
Billy Joel is scheduled to perform at least eight concerts in 2014, and QueenBeeTickets.com is delighting fans with an inventory of Billy Joel tickets for sale at reduced prices for each show....
View ArticleBilly Joel Tickets for Sale: QueenBeeTickets.com Delights Fans with Billy...
Billy Joel is scheduled to perform at least eight concerts in 2014, and QueenBeeTickets.com is delighting fans with an inventory of Billy Joel tickets for sale at reduced prices for each show....
View ArticleInterview with pianist Marina Mdivani
In the coming months, we will be featuring interviews with musicians of various backgrounds. If you are a musician and would like to be featured in our series, please contact us at...
View ArticleThe Planner, Nov. 22: Arcade Fire, Nick Offerman and more tickets on sale,...
Planning to catch Arcade Fire when the Canadian group stops April 10 at Austin360 Amphitheater? Note the dress code the band has requested: Concertgoers are asked to wear formal attire — or costumes —...
View ArticleArtist Profile: Interview with Composer Andy Akiho
Andy Akiho is a master of the steel pan, and a talented and innovative composer of classical music. His knowledge of rhythm and percussion, which he gained through exploration of the steel pan, is...
View ArticleI love Interlagos because it's a racer's circuit: Perez
The 2013 Formula One World Championship draws to a close in Brazil this weekend. The season finale takes place at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, one of the oldest and most atmospheric venues on the...
View ArticleBrazil preview quotes - McLaren, Lotus, Force India & more (Formula 1 World...
(Source: Formula 1 World Championship) The final round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship sees the paddock head south from the USA to Brazil and Sao Paulo's historic Autodromo Jose Carlos...
View ArticleBrazil preview quotes - Caterham, Red Bull, Mercedes & more (Formula 1 World...
(Source: Formula 1 World Championship) The final round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship sees the paddock head south from the USA to Brazil and Sao Paulo's historic Autodromo Jose Carlos...
View ArticleBrazil preview quotes - Mercedes, Sauber, Williams & more (Formula 1 World...
(Source: Formula 1 World Championship) The final round of the 2013 FIA Formula One World Championship sees the paddock head south from the USA to Brazil and Sao Paulo's historic Autodromo Jose Carlos...
View ArticleVisiting pianist Arunesh Nadgir to perform romantic piano music Dec. 2...
(Source: Marshall University) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Contact: Susan Tams, Director of Editorial Services, (304) 696-7153 Visiting pianist Arunesh Nadgir to perform romantic...
View ArticleFour Billy Joel Concerts In Madison Square Garden Release Tickets To Buy...
Billy Joel Madison Square Garden tickets for concerts January 27, February 3, March 21 and April 18 go on sale today. Tickets for Billy Joel New York and Florida plus all major concert tour dates,...
View ArticleAustin360 Amphitheater, C3 Presents get Pollstar nominations
Chad Swiatecki Staff Writer- Austin Business Journal Email | Twitter The Austin360 Ampitheater at Circuit of The Americas is one of five candidates nominated for the 2013 "Best New Major Concert...
View ArticleFour Billy Joel Concerts In Madison Square Garden Release Tickets To Buy...
Billy Joel Madison Square Garden tickets for concerts January 27, February 3, March 21 and April 18 go on sale today. Tickets for Billy Joel New York and Florida plus all major concert tour dates,...
View Article>Four Billy Joel Concerts In Madison Square Garden Release Tickets To Buy...
Billy Joel Madison Square Garden tickets for concerts January 27, February 3, March 21 and April 18 go on sale today. Tickets for Billy Joel New York and Florida plus all major concert tour dates,...
View ArticleHeat takes toll on some F1 spectators at Circuit of the Americas
In a 30-second span Sunday afternoon, two race car fans walked into the air-conditioned first aid trailer. A man who nearly passed out in the bleachers and a woman too dizzy to walk any longer were...
View ArticleBilly Joel's reaction to Kennedy Center honor: 'Why me?'
Videos Billy Joel's greatest hits Galleries Web links Billy Joel views his upcoming honor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the way he views most incredibly positive things in...
View ArticleAustin MotoGP tickets to go on sale Dec. 5; race set for April
Tickets for next year’s MotoGP race at Circuit of the Americas will go on sale at 10 a.m. Dec. 5, circuit officials announced today. It will be the second year the Southeast Austin circuit hosts...
View ArticleBilly Joel, the quiet Long Island philanthropist
Videos Billy Joel's greatest hits Galleries Web links Unlike so many wealthy, powerful men, Billy Joel doesn't have a lot of Long Island buildings or programs named after him. Unlike so many music...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup Pavilion nominated for Global Industry Award (America's Cup)
(Source: America's Cup) The America's Cup Pavilion, the 9,000-seat waterfront amphitheater where the America's Cup Concert Series was staged this summer, has been nominated for an international music...
View ArticlePedicabs cart F1 fans to Circuit of the Americas
Mark Moser pedaled his pedicab up a hill, breathing hard as he pulled two passengers through the narrow, crowded road leading to Circuit of the Americas. “Excuse me gentlemen,” he calls to several...
View Article300 visit first-aid stations at Circuit of the Americas
Overheating at the track Some 300 people visited first-aid stations at Circuit of the Americas on an unusually hot Sunday afternoon, many suffering from heat exhaustion, according to medical...
View ArticleDueling pianos at Circuit of the Americas
Among the entertainment that could be found between racing events at Circuit of the Americas on Saturday were dueling pianists David Morris and Dan Holmes. Regulars at spots like...
View ArticleBilly Joel could be headed to Palace
Adam Graham Detroit News Pop Music Writer Comments Could a certain Piano Man be headed to Metro Detroit in 2014? Officials at the Palace of Auburn Hills have called a press conference Wednesday...
View Article'Piano Man' Billy Joel could be headed to The Palace
Adam Graham Detroit News Pop Music Writer Comments 'Piano Man' Billy Joel could soon make his first solo stop in Metro Detroit since 1994. (Don Emmert / Getty Images) Could a certain Piano Man be...
View ArticleString quartet changes tune, will debut as piano trio
CLASSICAL And out of the ashes shall rise a phoenix. Well, actually its a piano trio. But it promises to be a damned good one. When the venerable Tokyo String Quartet decided to formally call it...
View ArticleGyorgy Back and Passionate
By Katrin Figge on 10:44 am December 4, 2013. Category Features, Movies & Music, Music Tags: classical music, Piano Adam Gyorgy returns to Indonesia this week to perform at Aula Simfonia in...
View ArticleBilly Joel announces Palace show
With a splash of showmanship befitting the Billy Joel name, the Palace of Auburn Hills announced today that the piano-pop star will perform Feb. 15. Details were rolled out during an unconventional...
View ArticleFormula 1 circuit roars back to Texas
The United States has a long history of automobiles and racing, but it has only been in the past year that we re-entered the F1 world. What better place to start than Texas? Last November, Austin's...
View ArticleMichele Rosewoman at the Jazz Piano Christmas show at Kennedy Center
An argument can be made — and indeed has been made by the mastery of Jelly Roll Morton and Art Tatum, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Earl Hines and Thelonious Monk — that great jazz starts with the...
View ArticleIron Maiden and Metallica to headline Sonisphere
Iron Maiden and Metallica, the two biggest metal bands on the planet, will make history this summer when they co-headline the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, the very first time both bands have...
View Article59 pianists to compete in 6th China International Piano C... (Xiamen...
(Source: Xiamen Municipal Government) 59 pianists to compete in 6th China International Piano Competition The sixth China International Piano Competition (CIPC), jointly held by the Ministry of Culture...
View ArticleFresno Philharmonic to present a feast for the ears
Conductor Stuart Malina might be Jewish, but, man, does he love a good yuletide melody. "Frankly, the songs for Hanukkah just aren't as good as the songs for Christmas," he says with a laugh. The Tony...
View ArticleThe Planner, Dec. 6: Tickets for Ryan Bingham, Grouplove, Amy Schumer and...
It hasn’t been that long since pioneer lo-fi act Sebadoh played a show in Austin — the band made a stop at Emo’s in 2011 — but it has been around 14 years since the group fronted by Lou Barlow released...
View ArticleCliburn finalist Fei-Fei Dong to perform for Piano Pavilion opening
Special to the Star-Telegram Her full name is Fei-Fei Dong, but after her multiple audience- and judge-pleasing performances at last summer’s , she quickly became known by her catchy hyphenate:...
View Article2014 calendar has F1 and NASCAR in Texas same day
Formula One and NASCAR will be racing deep in the heart of Texas on the same day next year. The FIA, international motorsports' governing body, released its 2014 calendar Wednesday, placing the U.S....
View ArticleTwo Clifton students win first prize in piano competition
Tyler Fengya, age 7, and Leigh Wang, age 11, both of , were first place winners for their respective age levels in this year's New Jersey Music Teachers Association's Young Musicians Competition for...
View ArticleIron Maiden and Metallica to to make history at Sonisphere
Iron Maiden and Metallica, the two biggest metal bands on the planet, will make history this summer when they co-headline the Sonisphere Festival in Knebworth, the very first time both bands have...
View ArticleBilly Joel, the Piano Man and a Kennedy Center Honoree
OYSTER BAY, N.Y. — Here’s Billy Joel’s rock-star genesis story. It’s in two parts, so pay attention. Part one: He was 14, playing at a church teenage social in his native Long Island ’burbs in the...
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