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The topic of which pianists play Steinway, Yamaha, Fazioli or artist testimonials pops up up from time to time on the piano forum. Can anyone put names to the 'artist' faces on the Bechstein website? http://www.bechstein.de/engl/EKultur/EKultgo.html Names don't seem to be supplied. The last on the bottom is Steven Osborne (who records on a Steinway); I think the second in the middle is Olli Mustonen, but am not sure. As for the rest...
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Andrew: Right click: properties. It will reveal all.  The only one I recognised from the face alone was Osborne. David
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Definitely Lazar Berman on there.
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I thoughtthat was Lazar Berman (top row, second from right), then confirmed it with a right-click.
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Here's a list of Bechstein Artists. Andras Schiff recently chose a C. Bechstein 280 Concert Grand for the Berlin Philharmonic.
Alberto Nosè
Denys Proshchayev
Vitaly Margulis
Konstantin Lifschitz
Volker Banfield
Stephan Hohlweg
Lazar Berman
Florian Uhlig
Duo Villarceaux
Michael Roll
Steven Osborne
Claudius Tanski
Markus Pawlik
Sheila Arnold
Andreas Bach
Duo Aglaia Bätzner / Cristina Marton
Das Baynov-Piano-Ensemble
Martin Berkowsky
Tatjana Bucar
Andrej Diev
Thomas Duis
Michael Endres
Matthias Fuchs
Das Genova & Dimitrov Klavierduo
Anna Gourari
Grigory Gruzman
Friedrich Höricke
Heidrun Holtmann
Maria Ivanova
Igor Kamenz
Matthias Kirschnereit
Das Kölner Klavierduo
Roberta Pili
Cèsar Rangel
Yuri Rozum
Vladimir Stoupel
Antti Siirala
Homero Francesch
Konstantin
Scherbakov
Alexei Volodin
Daniel Röhm
Vladimir Krainev
Boris Bloch
Martin Helmchen
Jakub Cizmarovic
Pavel Gililov
Beatrice Berthold
Yu Kosuge
Michael Endres
Sergey Kuznetsov
Jonathan Biss
Evgenia Rubinova
Valerij Petasch
Alexander Ghindin
Irvin Gage
Anthony and Joseph Paratore
Anatol Ugorski
Arcadi Volodos
Fazil Say
Christian Blackshaw
Wibi Soerjadi
Michaela Ursuleasa
Roberto Cominati
Alexander Madzar
Rudolf Buchbinder
James Levine
Eva Kupiec
Fujiko Hemming
Susanne Kessel
Jens Thomas
Bobo Stenson
Ken Ara
Bernd Glemser
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Alfredo Perl
Kira Rathner
Maria Littauer
Alexander Mikhailov
Wolfgang Manz
Geoffrey Tozer
Eugene Mursky
Sheila Arnold
Oleg Poliansky
Henri Sigfriedson
Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy
Michael Rudy
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Pietro de Maria
Steven Osborne
Bätzner/Marton
Stenzl&Stenzl
Genova/Dimitrov
Tobias Grau und Götz Schumacher
Choong-Mo Kang
Dae-Jin Kim
Young-Ho Kim
Enrico Pace
Rolf Plagge
Stanislav Bunin
Anika Vavic
Martin Stadtfeld
Guoda Gedvilaite
Xiaohan Wang
Boris Giltburg
Andras Schiff
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Thanks, Sally. An impressive list - but then Bechstein has a pedigree that is second to none.
Good old Schiff! Few of today's great players have been so vocal in extolling the colours that non-Steinway pianos can bring to the music.
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This list is a bit confusing. Some of these people are also on the "Steinway artist" list (e.g., Volodos).
Do these lists just mean that the artist receives a bit money from the respective company (i.e., it means nothing at all) ?
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Originally posted by SoftwareResearch:
This list is a bit confusing. Some of these people are also on the "Steinway artist" list (e.g., Volodos).
Do these lists just mean that the artist receives a bit money from the respective company (i.e., it means nothing at all) ?
Klaus - a quick diff (actually sed awk and grep  ) shows 29 on both sites...am not entirely sure this is accurate: Anatol Ugorski Andreas Bach Arcadi Volodos Beatrice Berthold Bernd Glemser Boris Bloch Christian Blackshaw Claudius Tanski Cristina Marton Homero Francesch Igor Kamenz James Levine Jean-Yves Thibaudet Jonathan Biss Konstantin Scherbakov Maria Littauer Markus Pawlik Matthias Kirschnereit Michael Roll Michaela Ursuleasa Rolf Plagge Rudolf Buchbinder Thomas Duis Vitaly Margulis Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Krainev Vladimir Stoupel Wolfgang Manz Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy
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Impressive line-up of artists, including past Bosendorfer Artist Roberta Pili. Are there any Jazz artists on the roster?
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I would never choose a particular make because of certain names endorsing it. First off, these guys only play and have in mind 9'concerts something which leaves me clueless as to the make's smaller sizes. Second, just because someone famous puts his name on a brand doesn't mean I would "agree" as a private consumer. I'm the one buying and paying for piano - not that guy. Thirdly: it's all bogus. All top tier makes offer fabulous concert grands and unless someone spent days to compare them side by side, there is no real "choice" Forthly: many artists wavered between different brands during their career. Richter, Glenn Gould, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock: there's many more... Good luck in your own choice! Norbert
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This list is a bit confusing. Some of these people are also on the "Steinway artist" list (e.g., Volodos).
Do these lists just mean that the artist receives a bit money from the respective company (i.e., it means nothing at all) ?
Klaus Many Artists, who are managed by IMG (the successor to Columbia Artist Management (CBS) who owned Steinway for a while)are contractually obligated to play Steinway in the USA but not in Europe or Asia. Many choose to use instruments more to their personal liking when not obligated and perhaps some what you are seeing is due to this discrepancy.
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I would never choose a particular make because of certain names endorsing it. Yet you endlessly mention how you just sold such and such a piano to a terrific pianist, piano teacher, etc.
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Yet you endlessly mention how you just sold such and such a piano to a terrific pianist, piano teacher, etc. me too. I love when 'terrific pianists' buy my pianos. And they don't have to be called Lang Lang... Norbert
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I've never really understood the Brand X Artist endorsement concept. As Norbert pointed out, a concert grand prepped for performances to the artist's specifications is a completely different animal than a grand bought by the majority of piano buyers. I guess it's like sports endorsements. Just because I eat a certain cereal or buy a certain sandwich doesn't mean I can swim, ski, or play basketball like an Olympic athlete. Just because I buy a Steinway or a Bechstein doesn't mean I'll suddenly be able to play like Valentina. But I guess that's the secret little dream we all have.
It is good to know that piano makers support pianists and if the artist endorsements help sell their instruments, that's a good thing.
I'm still wondering what buying the same underware as an NBA star is supposed to do?
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It is good to know that piano makers support pianists and if the artist endorsements help sell their instruments, that's a good thing. Piano makers support pianists because it helps them sell pianos.
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I'm still wondering what buying the same underware as an NBA star is supposed to do? If underware is similar to hardware, it might offer exceptional support.
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I've never really understood the Brand X Artist endorsement concept. As Norbert pointed out, a concert grand prepped for performances to the artist's specifications is a completely different animal than a grand bought by the majority of piano buyers. Although few individuals purchase concert grands, I think there is in general a strong correlation between the tonal characteristics and general quality of a maker's concert grand and their smaller models.
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I've never really understood the Brand X Artist endorsement concept. As Norbert pointed out, a concert grand prepped for performances to the artist's specifications is a completely different animal than a grand bought by the majority of piano buyers. Although few individuals purchase concert grands, I think there is in general a strong correlation between the tonal characteristics and general quality of a maker's concert grand and their smaller models. This is particularly true in the top tier instruments.
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I wonder how many people bought Baldwin because of Libarce and Lawrence Welk? It seems funny that when they died, so did Baldwin.... coincidence? Hmmmmm!
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Wurlitzer, Kohler and Campbell and Kimball went another way with their "endorsements", they put their instruments on game shows. Their "artist" endorsements were people like Bob Barker and Pat Sajack.
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