A MUSIC FESTIVAL UNDER SAILS

At Steinway every piano is a masterpiece

For many the Steinway name is synonymous with the piano – and for good reason, as ever since Henry E. Steinway and his sons founded their company in New York in 1853, Steinway & Sons has produced firstclass pianos, every one of which is a masterpiece with character. Thanks to their passion for innovation and unfailing attention to detail, today Steinway is considered the founder of modern piano manufacturing.

Promoting a new generation of pianists

Steinway & Sons is committed to promoting young pianists and supports them through the Steinway Prizewinner Concert Network. Although many young musicians have a great deal of talent and flair, they mostly remain unknown in the music world. This is where Steinway comes into play: Highly talented musicians are selected in first-class piano competitions and are given the opportunity to introduce themselves to a broad audience at international performances.

Born in 1996, Martín García García is a graduate of the Reina Sofía School of Music, where he was elected the faculty’s best student. He began playing the piano at the age of five and has since won numerous competitions, including the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 2021. In 2022, he gave more than 70 concerts worldwide and released his first album “Chopin and His Master.”

Look forward to exclusive piano concerts on board with the pianist Martín García García accompanied by the award winning violist Cristina Cordero. As the culmination of our musical journey you will enjoy a four-hand piano concert of García García and his partner Tamana Tanaka at the timeless and elegant Reid's Palace Hotel Madeira. On board from October 29 to November 02, 2023.

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The Spanish viola player Cristina Cordero is a versatile artist who is in demand both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Critics praise Cordero, born in Madrid in 1998, for the quality of her sound and her musical and interpretative skills. On board, the winner of various international competitions will accompany pianist García García with the viola. On board from October 29 to November 02, 2023.

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Whether composing for art-house cinema or comic thriller, Scorsese or Gondry, Jean-Michel Bernard is an all-rounder when it comes to film music. The pianist and composer began playing the piano aged two, received his first prizes at the age of 14, and graduated as a concertmaster in 1981 in Paris. With his classical education and influenced by jazz, Bernard began working in the film industry with maestros such as Lalo Schifrin and Ennio Morricone. Today, director Michel Gondry relies on the ingenuity of this versatile composer for his often bizarre films.

In the Málaga Automobile Museum, Jean-Michel Bernard will stage a modern piano recital on Steinway’s innovative Spirio grand piano that creatively combines classical music with film and jazz themes.

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His mother is a world-class acrobat, and his father was born into a family of musicians. Helge Antoni has been surrounded by creativity from birth. With his broad repertoire, Antoni, born in 1956 in Malmö, Sweden, is one of the most interesting pianists of his generation today. He has given concerts throughout Europe and in North and South America as a soloist with an orchestra. He also performs as a recitalist and chamber musician, and his CDs skilfully interpret piano works by Sinding, Grieg, Rossini, and Chopin/Field. This exclusive Steinway artist, whom audiences and critics praise for his sensitivity and lyrical expression, will give an exclusive classical music concert in Lisbon in a unique location.

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Two outstanding pianists, four hands, a unique musical experience: Martín García García and his partner Tamana Tanaka will give a brilliant four-hand piano concert at Reid’s Palace, Madeira’s venerable 5-star hotel. Tamana Tanaka, who hails from Japan, started playing the piano at the age of six, later studied in Tokyo and New York, received the Steinway & Sons Award at the New School in Manhattan, and made her European debut in Italy in 2019. Look forward to an incomparable concert by the artist couple García-Tanaka – the culmination of our musical journey!

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Julian came to international attention when, at the age of sixteen, he came top in the 2015 Long- Thibaud-Crespin international competition in Paris. He has since gained further laureates and prizes in Belgium, England, Germany and Switzerland. His credentials as a European performer have been boosted by success in the prestigious 2021 Géza Anda international piano competition in Zürich. Julian won three awards – second prize, the Mozart concerto prize and the audience prize.

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Born in Hamburg, Ulrich Gerhartz learned the profession of piano maker in the factory of Steinway & Sons, completing his education with the title of Master Piano Maker. During this time, he came to value the philosphy and mission of Steinway & Sons and its founder Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg: to build the best possible piano.

His first two years he spent in London in the Restoration Centre of the Steinway Hall where he learned to refurbish old Steinway & Sons pianos. In 1992, he transferred to the “Concert” department and was promoted to Director of the Concert & Artists’ Service two years later. He keeps close working relations with the world’s best pianists and worked, for instance, with Alfred Brendel right up to Brendel’s last concert in Vienna.

In addition to his work in Great Britain, Ulrich Gerhartz regularly visits the Hamburg factory to choose new pianos and meet with the production departments. Time and again, he also supports pianists during their concerts in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Israel and various European countries, and looks after some of the pianos in concert halls all over the world. On board from October 22 to November 02, 2023.

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