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Piano

Sara Bareilles at Commodore Ballroom leaps onto piano for encore

LA-based singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles took center stage last night in front of a large,  composed crowd at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom. Wearing a sequined mini skirt and plaid shirt, Sara...

Evgenia Rabinovich is a peak performer at the 2010 National Canadian Music Competition

Evgenia Rabinovich was born in Saratov Russia in 1993. Today she is respected as one of the top young pianists in Canada. The meritorious Evgenia completed a university minischool program for...

Philip Glass returns to The Chan Centre for Performing Arts with solo piano performance

The last time composer Philip Glass played the Chan Centre for Performing Arts at UBC was in 2004. Glass, still composing and performing at age 73, says: "Why stop now?" Glass began his April 5th,...

Italian Piano-Maker Paolo Fazioli dedicates white grand piano to Vancouver's new Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel

You'll be able to see and hear this $225,000 Grand at the new Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel.

Piano Teachers Federation helping music students find the right teacher

The Galactic Federation of...Piano Teachers?

Vancouver band Bleating Hearts wields much emotional insight

This Vancouver band really bleats.

So I Bought a (Digital) Piano

Riding the 99 B-line is a unique experience. So many storefronts, diverse crowds of people and that comforting voice saying things like, "Next stop Main Street." Every time I travel on that accordion