2018 – 2019 season Steinway Series Yeol Eum Son –  Sunday, April 14, 2019 Jeremy Denk – January, February 13, 2019 Lukáš Vondráče –  Sunday, November 4, 2018 2017 – 2018 season Steinway Series Natasha Paremski – Sunday, November 5, 2017 Garrick Ohlsson – Sunday, February 18, 2018 Vadym Kholodenko – Sunday, April 29, 2018 Other Performances Carnival of the Animals – Children’s […]

Based on the fortuitous programming of the eminent pianists who have performed on the Steinway Series, recent blog posts have had the opportunity to muse on the musical forms piano sonata and piano variations prior to concerts featuring those kinds of works. Yeol Eum Son’s upcoming program, which promises to be an unforgettable afternoon of beauty, presents

Of all the brilliant pianists COPI has had the honor to present, Natasha Paremski is the first to program Brahms’s fearsome Variations on a Theme of Paganini for us. These variations are undoubtedly one of the most difficult of all Romantic solo piano works. They comprise two books of 28 variations based on the popular

It is with special pleasure that we saw Oregon piano students sweep the MTNA* Piano Competitions (Northwest Region) in January. Oregon students competed against top students from 5 other NW states and took first place in all 3 piano categories (Junior, Senior, and Young Artist). The winner in the Junior category was Michael Gu, student of Dr. Rachelle McCabe.

Nareh Arghamanyan was to perform here on February 12. Unfortunately, due to visa problems and border entry uncertainties, Nareh’s attorney advised her to cancel her entire tour. In her place, we are truly fortunate to have the wonderful pianist Joyce Yang, who will perform pieces by Schumann, Grieg, and Vine on Sunday’s Steinway Piano Concert. Joyce stormed the

In order to create a culture of piano in our community, we strive to program events for all ages from preschoolers to adults and all levels of musicianship from appreciative listener to professional musician. Toward that end, we opened our 2016-17 season with a workshop for a lesser-served group: the adult piano enthusiast. In October, pianist Paul Roberts

Reflections on the May 1, 2016 Concert By Michael Coolen The Russian words krika tishina translate, more or less, into “a screaming silence.” I thought of them while waiting for Vadym at the Eugene airport. His desire to address his recent tragedy through his music is a wonderful medicine for him and a gift to

Instead of one concert grand piano on stage, there will be two pianos at the next Steinway Piano Series concert on February 21, 2016. Our beautiful, full-throated 9 foot Steinway Model D will be on your left and a 9 foot Yamaha CFX will be on your right. The Steinway was purchased following a hugely successful community fundraising

Here at COPI, we are particularly interested in the fortepiano, because the modern piano is considered to be the direct descendent of the fortepiano. In its day, the fortepiano distinguished itself from the harpsichord and the clavichord by its ability to produce a range of dynamics from loud to soft – an innovation made possible