Learn from Piano Legends

Enter the vast universe of piano repertoire through the lens of its greatest interpreters. Watch exclusive interviews, master classes, and lectures in multi-cam HD video with dozens of the leading concert pianists of the 20th and 21st-centuries, only on tonebase Piano.

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Garrick Ohlsson

Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess.

Ohlsson On Stage - Chopin & Virtuosity

Ohlsson At Home - Musicianship Skills

Garrick Ohlsson in Conversation

Watch: Chopin’s Kingdom

Leon Fleisher

A pupil of Schnabel and dubbed by Pierre Monteux as 'the pianistic find of the century,' the late Leon Fleisher sustained an extraordinary career as conductor, soloist, recitalist, chamber music artist, and teacher.

Fleisher on Beethoven

Fleisher on Schubert and Brahms

Fleisher in Conversation

Watch: Music isn’t Math, it’s Physics

Gary Graffman

Longtime Curtis Institute faculty and the teacher of Lang Lang and Yuja Wang, Gary Graffman has been a major figure in the music world since his debut with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1947 at the age of eighteen.

Chopin Ballade Commentaries

Happy Hour with Graffman

Watch: Teaching Lang Lang & Yuja

Emanuel Ax

Decorated Sony Classical recording artist and a perennial favorite at Carnegie Hall, Emanuel Ax is world-renowned for his solo and chamber music performances alike.

Ax on Interpreting Chopin

Ax on Lineages of Interpretation

Watch: Chopin in the Time of Covid

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Launched in 2019, tonebase Piano is a leading producer of online video content with world-class pianists, dedicated to documenting the culture and craft of piano playing in all its breadth. Our ever-expanding film archive is designed to inspire and educate today’s music lovers, while preserving the legacy of this rich art form and its champions for posterity.

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