In preparing for a recording session, these gentlemen got a bit "off task" and, well, up came this very unique recording session!
From the Alexandria House in Egypt in 2010, this group of concert pianists decided to go with one encore for all the artists.... Ethan Uslan won the 2012 World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest with this rousing rendition of Beethoven's Fur Elise - a unique rendition from a very talented player; Enjoy! Learn more about the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest at http://www.oldtimepiano.com/. The most interesting piano history lessons available.... If you aren't from Australia, you may have never heard of Chooka Parker -- Allow me to share what he did on Australia's Got Talent.... From Medici.tv, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, the Spring Movement, featuring four world class pianists (Y. Wang, E. Ax, N. Goerner and J. Quentin) on 4 Hamburg Steinway D pianos. A unique way to watch spring come this year! I grew up a fan of Horowitz - I always watched for PBS specials where he was featured, and there were a few - wrap your ears around this performance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Metha (another person of whom I am a big fan! If playing piano was only as easy as this man seems to make it look - and oh so much fun as well... All I can say is - enjoy, and feel free to try this at home! Much more fun than a fitness machine... Here's an example of a pianist and piano that are both at the top of their game - Valentina Lisitsa and a Bosendorfer present a bit of Chopin -enjoy! | Notes From the Piano Bench
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