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When we think of all things Italian, in general terms, what do we think of? And how does that translate into music? As a musician, one might think of the heightened emotions of the Romantic era – spec

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For 172 years, Steinway & Sons has been producing the world’s finest pianos and for 150 of them there’s been a Steinway centre in London, called Steinway Hall; the second such following the opening of

Ask if national schools of piano really do exist, and one might be tempted to reply that there are only as many schools as there are pianists. Yet, the idea of a distinctive musical heritage, preserve

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