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

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,

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

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

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

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

You may have noticed that most of the artists who appear on our piano series have won prizes at prestigious piano competitions, such as the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. While there is some debate about the value of piano competitions, there is no doubt that these