Pianist Angie Zhang is the fifth of five finalists to visit Indianapolis to compete in the American Piano Awards. See her ...

In Florence around 1700, the Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori made a breakthrough now credited with paving the way towards the modern piano: for plucked strings, he substituted a ...

History The piano is a keyboard instrument descended from early instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord, which used strings inside the instrument's body which were plucked or struck. But it's ...

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The harpsichord was replaced with the fortepiano, the precursor to today’s modern piano. In the video below, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra play extracts from Shostakovich’s 6th Symphony.