INTERNATIONAL FORTEPIANO SALON ONLINE - A Unique Stein Piano Comes to Life

Hunter – International Fortepiano Salon favorite Pierre Goy returns with fortepiano maker Matthieu Vion to introduce a newly completed Stein replica piano, which has rounded hammers. Performances on and discussion about this unique model of Stein piano will be featured on this special free virtual episode livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube on Sunday, October 6 at 2:00 PM ET. 

Hosted by Maria Rose, Yiheng Yang and Patricia Garcia-Gil, guest artists Pierre Goy and Matthieu Vion will share in-depth knowledge of the Stein fortepiano in a lively interactive discussion. Introductory words will be given by Michael Latcham, who is the authority on the Stein piano. Johann Andreas Stein, Augsburg (1728-1792), was a leading figure in fortepiano 

construction. He conducted research into sound aesthetics and developed various keyboard instruments that combined the harpsichord and the fortepiano, culminating in a model of fortepiano that became the basis of the Viennese fortepiano. 

The International Fortepiano Salon Online is now in its fourth season of presenting well-known authorities in the historical piano world. Researchers, performers, professors, builders and afficionados of early music come together as colleagues and friends to share their vast experience and knowledge with students, professionals and piano lovers the world over. 

Shuann Chai and Shunske Sato, a dynamic fortepiano-violin duo, visited with us virtually on September 29 to discuss the process of playing and recording the complete piano and violin Sonatas of Beethoven on period instruments. Their salon video can be found on Catskill Mountain Foundation’s YouTube channel, along with all of the previous salons.

In the spring of 2025, the International Fortepiano Salon Online will present a special series of three salons which celebrate and highlight the relationship between music, ideas, culture, and historical keyboard music, exploring how historical pianos and its music have been carriers of culture, politics and meaning in the past, as well as agents of connection, exclusion and embrace in the present.  

This Sunday, join hosts Maria Rose, Yiheng Yang and Patricia Garcia-Gil for another illuminating and entertaining Salon, with informative discussion and excellent music-making on early pianos. Visit http://www.internationalfortepianosalon.com for additional information about International Fortepiano Salon Online. For information about upcoming programs at Catskill Mountain Foundation, visit  www.catskillmtn.org. 

About Catskill Mountain Foundation
The Catskill Mountain Foundation’s (CMF) aim is to provide educational opportunities in the arts for youth and lifelong learners, to bring the experience of the arts to the Catskill community, and to support artists and art organizations in the development of their work through residencies. Since its founding in 1998, CMF has presented hundreds of music, dance, and theater performances; screened over 1,000 films to tens of thousands of audience members; provided studio arts classes to thousands of students of all ages; and served thousands of art-loving patrons in the Catskill Mountain Foundation Gift Shop. The Catskill Mountain Foundation operates the Doctorow Center for the Arts in Hunter, the Orpheum Performing Arts Center in Tannersville, and the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, NY.

Since 1998, CMF has raised, generated, and invested close to $16 million in facility development and an excess of $42 million in programming operations, for a total investment in the Catskill community of over $58 million. Catskill Mountain Foundation is supported in part by New York State Council on the Arts, the Greene County Cultural Fund administered by the Greene County Legislature, The Jarvis and Constance Doctorow Family Foundation, The Royce Family Foundation, The Samuel and Esther Doctorow Fund, The Orville and Ethel Slutzky Family Foundation, Platte Clove Bruderhof Community, Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation, The Greene County Youth Bureau, Marshall & Sterling Insurance, All Souls’ Church, Stewarts Shops, Windham Foundation, and by private donations. CMF believes that the arts can transform the lives of those touched by it and can transform the community. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel.