Stretto Piano Concerts
Narrow Keys, Broad Minds, No Boundaries...Stretto Pianos are a Worldwide Movement
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Stretto Piano Concerts
Narrow Keys...Broad Minds...No Boundaries! Donate now to support Stretto Piano Concerts and help us create a concert hall in NYC where pianists have a choice of key size.
New York, NY, US
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Have you ever wanted to play a piano that has narrower keys? Keys that will save you practice time and make piano playing easier?
Welcome to the world of Stretto Pianos.
FUNDRAISING MISSION:
We need to raise $50,000 by August 16, 2023, to help present the 3rd International Stretto Piano Festival, which features NYC's only public Stretto grand piano with narrower-than-conventional keys. During the live, in-person concerts at Baruch College's Engleman Hall, international artists will perform exciting programs on the Stretto piano (Steinway 7'4") and audiences will get the opportunity to try this instrument and experience first-hand its tremendous value.
Additionally, our long-term goal is to create a dedicated concert hall and educational space in New York City where we will host Stretto Piano Concerts — the first phenomena of its kind to present performances, lessons, workshops, and groundbreaking new instruments with narrower-than-conventional keys. Our aim is to give people a choice of piano key size.
ABOUT STRETTO PIANOS
"Stretto" means "narrow" in Italian. These instruments bring equity to the piano industry and have inspired a worldwide movement in which musicians are choosing narrower keys.
Narrow keys not only help pianists with smaller/medium hands play more advance and difficult repertoire, but also help pianists avoid and recover from playing-related injuries.
Led by pioneers who have worked at this development for decades, our community includes dedicated musicians from five continents, who have rebuilt their pianos to have stretto keys or have bought stretto pianos. In fact, 75% of pianists today are not satisfied with the conventional width of keys and are clamoring for smaller ones.
Most people don't even know these pianos exist and supply chain issues have slowed the production of many instruments over the past three years. Our work will help motivate manufacturers and related companies to act productively with us.
Pianists have been forced to play instruments that don't fit them for over a century and it's time to make a change. Most other instruments come in many sizes to accomadate a player's size. A diminutive violinist would never play a huge violin — just look at the Suzuki violin schools all over the world.
ABOUT STRETTO PIANO CONCERTS AND FESTIVAL
Conceived by the New York City-based pianist, educator, singer and composer, Hannah Reimann, Stretto Piano Concerts and the annual International Stretto Piano Festival are celebrations of the Stretto piano, to better accommodate players with smaller hands. Audiences and critics are invited to experience in-person, live-streamed, and pre-recorded performances from dozens of Stretto piano concerts on stages, universities, private studios and homes from around the globe.
This year, the International Stretto Piano Festival will hold live, in-person concerts at Baruch College's Engleman Hall from July 19 - 22 using Ms. Reimann's Stretto Steinway grand piano — which was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal with her, "a musican on a mission."
SUPPORT AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT
Join us to learn more about this exciting and innovative piano that is changing lives for the better. This 21st-century phenomenon creates joy, creativity, and equality for all hands!
The time has come for artists and audiences to experience narrow keys in live performances! Our future concert hall will offer two pianos: a conventional grand piano and a stretto grand piano that can serve all demographics and sizes of people. Let's act in a timely manner and have as many Stretto Piano Concerts as possible as soon as we can!
Please also like and share our media campaign so pianists everywhere know they have a choice of piano key size.
Rewards
30-minute Practice Session on the Stretto Piano
Donate $100.00 or more
Amount over $25.00 is tax-deductible.
After one of our 2023 Festival concerts, you will have 30 minutes to try out our Stretto Steinway Model C grand piano (7'4") and get a feel for the narrow keys for yourself!
The time, date, and place for this reward could be determined after our fundraising effort is completed in August 2023.
Stretto Piano Concerts reserves the right to schedule in tandem with our partners who help with the location of the piano before and after the festival takes place.
In the case that we have a long sign-up line for this reward, Stretto Piano Concerts reserves the right to invite you to play the piano at an appointed time that is mutually convenient for both parties.
Thank you for supporting us and for your interest in Stretto Pianos!
The time, date, and place for this reward could be determined after our fundraising effort is completed in August 2023.
Stretto Piano Concerts reserves the right to schedule in tandem with our partners who help with the location of the piano before and after the festival takes place.
In the case that we have a long sign-up line for this reward, Stretto Piano Concerts reserves the right to invite you to play the piano at an appointed time that is mutually convenient for both parties.
Thank you for supporting us and for your interest in Stretto Pianos!
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One Piano Lesson with Hannah Reimann on the Stretto Steinway Piano
Donate $250.00 or more
Amount over $125.00 is tax-deductible.
Spend 60 minutes playing the repertoire of your choice with Hannah Reimann and her Stretto Model C Steinway and understand first-hand what the benefits of a Stretto Piano are!
Time, date, and location will be subject to Ms. Reimann's schedule and the location of the piano at the time of the appointment.
Appointments will be made after the campaign in completed in August 2023 unless Ms. Reimann and the reward's recipient can schedule before then.
Time, date, and location will be subject to Ms. Reimann's schedule and the location of the piano at the time of the appointment.
Appointments will be made after the campaign in completed in August 2023 unless Ms. Reimann and the reward's recipient can schedule before then.
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Executive Producer Credit for David Amram's Concert at The Third International Stretto Piano Festival Live Concerts in NYC
Donate $500.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
“David Amram is the Renaissance Man of American Music.” (The Boston Globe) "
If you have not yet encountered this extraordinary man of music, you will marvel at his multiple gifts as a composer, conductor and solo instrumentalist." (Bob Sherman, New York Times)
Composer, instrumentalist, singer of jazz standards as he accompanies himself at the piano, man of the world and one of Jack Kerouac's best friends, DAVID AMRAM, occupies a unique place in the world of music today, encompassing his 93 years on this planet.
We are honored to have David as on Stretto Piano Concerts' Board of Advisors. He gives us a lot of good advice!
David Amram started his professional life in music as a French Hornist in the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) in 1951. After serving in the US Army from 1952-54, he moved to New York City in 1955 and played French horn in the legendary jazz bands of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Oscar Pettiford.
In 1957, he created and performed in the first ever Jazz/Poetry readings in New York City with novelist Jack Kerouac, a close friend with whom Amram collaborated artistically for over 12 years.
Since the early 1950s, he has traveled the world extensively, working as a musician and a conductor in over thirty-five countries including Cuba, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan, Israel, Latvia and China. He also regularly crisscrosses the United States and Canada.
He composed the scores for many films including Pull My Daisy (1959), Splendor In The Grass (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He composed the scores for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare In The Park from 1956-1967 and premiered his comic opera 12th Night with Papp's libretto in 1968. He also wrote a second opera, The Final Ingredient, An Opera of the Holocaust, for ABC Television in 1965.
From 1964-66, Amram was the Composer and Music Director for the Lincoln Center Theatre and wrote the scores for Arthur Miller´s plays After The Fall(1964) and Incident at Vichy (1966).
Appointed by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer In Residence for the New York Philharmonic in 1966, he is now one of the most performed and influential composers of our time.
Read more at https://www.davidamram.com/
We will announce the Executive Producers' names at the beginning or end of David Amram's concert at the festival.
If you have not yet encountered this extraordinary man of music, you will marvel at his multiple gifts as a composer, conductor and solo instrumentalist." (Bob Sherman, New York Times)
Composer, instrumentalist, singer of jazz standards as he accompanies himself at the piano, man of the world and one of Jack Kerouac's best friends, DAVID AMRAM, occupies a unique place in the world of music today, encompassing his 93 years on this planet.
We are honored to have David as on Stretto Piano Concerts' Board of Advisors. He gives us a lot of good advice!
David Amram started his professional life in music as a French Hornist in the National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) in 1951. After serving in the US Army from 1952-54, he moved to New York City in 1955 and played French horn in the legendary jazz bands of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton and Oscar Pettiford.
In 1957, he created and performed in the first ever Jazz/Poetry readings in New York City with novelist Jack Kerouac, a close friend with whom Amram collaborated artistically for over 12 years.
Since the early 1950s, he has traveled the world extensively, working as a musician and a conductor in over thirty-five countries including Cuba, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan, Israel, Latvia and China. He also regularly crisscrosses the United States and Canada.
He composed the scores for many films including Pull My Daisy (1959), Splendor In The Grass (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He composed the scores for Joseph Papp's Shakespeare In The Park from 1956-1967 and premiered his comic opera 12th Night with Papp's libretto in 1968. He also wrote a second opera, The Final Ingredient, An Opera of the Holocaust, for ABC Television in 1965.
From 1964-66, Amram was the Composer and Music Director for the Lincoln Center Theatre and wrote the scores for Arthur Miller´s plays After The Fall(1964) and Incident at Vichy (1966).
Appointed by Leonard Bernstein as the first Composer In Residence for the New York Philharmonic in 1966, he is now one of the most performed and influential composers of our time.
Read more at https://www.davidamram.com/
We will announce the Executive Producers' names at the beginning or end of David Amram's concert at the festival.
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Executive Producer Credit for Roger Lord's concert, "The Piano Prince of Canada" at The Third International Stretto Piano Festival Live Concerts in NYC
Donate $500.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
We are honored to present pianist Roger Lord at the Third International Stretto Piano Festival for a live concert in NYC on July 19th, 2023 featuring works of Christopher Norton, Astor Piazzolla, Pied Gallant, Francois Morel, Chinese composers Chen Peixun, Wang Jianxhong, He Luting and more!
Canadian pianist Roger Lord from Moncton, New Brunswick won the First Prize in piano in the Canadian National Festival of Music as well as in the Canadian Music Competition. He was also one of the winners of the Radio-Canada/CBC “Debut” competition and performed 120 concerts for Jeunesses Musicales in Canada and in Europe. His various engagements have since taken him to some of the world’s great cities such as Paris, Oslo, Vienna, Parma, Montreal, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Mexico City, Quito, Cairo, Tunis, Riyadh, Kuala Lumpur, Saigon, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, etc. He has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
Canadian pianist Roger Lord from Moncton, New Brunswick won the First Prize in piano in the Canadian National Festival of Music as well as in the Canadian Music Competition. He was also one of the winners of the Radio-Canada/CBC “Debut” competition and performed 120 concerts for Jeunesses Musicales in Canada and in Europe. His various engagements have since taken him to some of the world’s great cities such as Paris, Oslo, Vienna, Parma, Montreal, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Mexico City, Quito, Cairo, Tunis, Riyadh, Kuala Lumpur, Saigon, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, etc. He has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.
Hailed as “The Piano Prince of Canada” by the China Daily, some of his performances took place in world renowned venues such as the Great Hall of the People located on Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, the He Luting Auditorium in Shanghai, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Auditorium Niccoló Paganini in Parma, the Cairo Opera House, the Carthage Acropolium in Tunis, the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, etc. Critics are enthusiastic and acknowledge “his skillful talent, great subtlety, genuine emotional generosity, as well as his grand technical mastery”.
https://www.rogerlordpiano.com/
We will announce the Executive Producers' names at the beginning or end of Roger Lord's concert at the festival.
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Executive Producer Credit for Chris O'Riley's JS Bach Virtually-Tempered Clavier Concert at The Third International Stretto Piano Festival Live Concerts in NYC
Donate $500.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
To celebrate the 300th anniversary of JS Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, innovative master pianist Christopher O'Riley has created a unique and contemporary presentation of both books of this singular and magnificent work - playing each piece with a different sampled keyboard sound - harpsichord, fortepiano, organ, grand piano etc. - from an excellent digital keyboard, capturing the essence of each prelude and fugue in performance and recording.
He will also play the stretto Steinway grand piano for his festival concert on Thursday, July 20th
"My Bach series represents more than three years of personal study on each of the Preludes & Fugues by Bach. It is my proudest and most fulfilling career achievement, and it’s likely one of the most in-depth, performance-focused study of the 48 ever presented."
"My first impression of this Bach WTC project by Christopher O’Riley was that it deserved a Nobel Prize nomination. The breadth and depth of the research and the integrity of its delivery are immeasurable. As a life-long Bach devotee, I am looking forward to many enchanting hours with O’Riley’s WTC series."
~ Sophia Gilmson, Pianist & Pedagogue
We will announce the Executive Producers' names at the beginning or end of Chris O'Riley's concert at the festival.
He will also play the stretto Steinway grand piano for his festival concert on Thursday, July 20th
"My Bach series represents more than three years of personal study on each of the Preludes & Fugues by Bach. It is my proudest and most fulfilling career achievement, and it’s likely one of the most in-depth, performance-focused study of the 48 ever presented."
"My first impression of this Bach WTC project by Christopher O’Riley was that it deserved a Nobel Prize nomination. The breadth and depth of the research and the integrity of its delivery are immeasurable. As a life-long Bach devotee, I am looking forward to many enchanting hours with O’Riley’s WTC series."
~ Sophia Gilmson, Pianist & Pedagogue
We will announce the Executive Producers' names at the beginning or end of Chris O'Riley's concert at the festival.
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Executive Producer Credit for The 2023 International Stretto Piano Festival
Donate $1,000.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Champion our 2023 festival, this movement and piano innovation by contributing generously to the development of the festival and year round concerts with your kind donation to Stretto Piano Concerts.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival about stretto keys that she'd create.
Inspired to spread the word to intenational colleagues who were on their own tracks to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Thank you for supporting the 2023 concerts which take place live in NYC on the Baruch College Campus in Manhattan at Engleman Hall.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival about stretto keys that she'd create.
Inspired to spread the word to intenational colleagues who were on their own tracks to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Thank you for supporting the 2023 concerts which take place live in NYC on the Baruch College Campus in Manhattan at Engleman Hall.
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Champion of 2023 The International Stretto Piano Festival
Donate $5,000.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Champion our 2023 festival as our hero this year, support this movement and piano innovation by contributing generously to the development of the festival and year round concerts with your kind donation to Stretto Piano Concerts.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival about stretto keys that she'd create.
Inspired to spread the word to international colleagues who were on their own tracks to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Thank you for supporting the 2023 concerts which take place live in NYC on the Baruch College Campus in Manhattan at Engleman Hall.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival about stretto keys that she'd create.
Inspired to spread the word to international colleagues who were on their own tracks to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Thank you for supporting the 2023 concerts which take place live in NYC on the Baruch College Campus in Manhattan at Engleman Hall.
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Executive Producer Credit for Stretto Piano Concerts
Donate $10,000.00 or more
Amount is fully tax-deductible.
Champion our signing a 2-3 year commercial lease to rent a dedicated concert hall for Stretto Piano Concerts, support this worldwide movement and piano innovation by contributing generously to the development of year round concerts with your kind donation to Stretto Piano Concerts.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition, "Thaw," by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival featuring stretto pianos that she'd create for the late spring or summer.
Inspired to spread the word to international colleagues who were on their own track to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Stretto Piano Concerts is in contact with known players on five continents who would love to come to NYC to play concerts on her piano - let's make this happen as soon as possible!
Thank you for supporting year-round concerts in NYC on stretto pianos.
Stretto Piano Concerts and The International Stretto Piano Festival started in February 2021 when Hannah Reimann was given a new composition, "Thaw," by German composer Clemens Rating - a piece that starts with a large, two-handed chord that she could only reach on her Stretto Steinway grand piano. She decided to premiere the work for an online concert on Piano Day, the 88th day of the year, and to play it for a new festival featuring stretto pianos that she'd create for the late spring or summer.
Inspired to spread the word to international colleagues who were on their own track to play and promote stretto pianos, Hannah invited renowned pioneer, virtuoso and Professor of Piano at SMU Meadows School of Music, Carol Leone, and Australian power house pioneer, Rhonda Boyle to join her as Co-artistic Directors. Dr. Leone served as one of those Directors for 2021 and 2022 and is now on the Advisory Board only.
Each spring or summer, The International Stretto Piano Festival will present as many concerts as is can sustain over a nine-day period. Both online concerts and in-person concerts in NYC have been held since 2022.
Stretto Piano Concerts is in contact with known players on five continents who would love to come to NYC to play concerts on her piano - let's make this happen as soon as possible!
Thank you for supporting year-round concerts in NYC on stretto pianos.
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