The Only Piano Holiday of This Kind
For 3 consecutive days, Warsaw was the most important place in the world for piano tuners, renovators and manufacturers. It is the place where Piano Congress took place between September 2nd and 4th.
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Piano Congress Timetable
This year’s event at Piano Congress will consist of 40 meetings: lectures, seminars, concerts and a movie display. The events have been divided into 6 theme blocks. This is going to be an intensive 3-day-long time.
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Europiano and IAPBT invite to Poland
Günter Schaible, the president of Europiano and IAPBT along with Andrzej Chabracki — the president of Polish Piano Tuners Association are inviting everyone to Piano Congress which will be held in Warsaw this year.
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National Frederic Chopin Institute to partner Piano Congress
Polish Piano Tuners Association has signed an agreement with National Frederic Chopin Institute whose purpose is to join forces in organizing Piano Congress.
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Open House at Piano Congress
On September 2nd, an open house event will be organized for everyone who is interested in music. On that day the entry to the instrument exhibition is free of any charge. Educational seminars and young pianists’ concerts will be held additionally.
Piano Congress in just two months
The international congress of piano tuners, manufacturers, retailers and refurbishes will be held in Poland for the first time in history. World-known representatives of the above will meet in Warsaw on September 2nd-4th.
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Paul McNulty
Paul McNulty is a maker of world-famous fortepianos known for their best performance quality. He became interested in instrument building after studying music at Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and graduated in piano technology from North Bennet Street Industrial School in Boston, where he earned guild qualification as a tuning examiner.
Paul McNulty made more than 300 fortepianos. His copies of Silbermann, Stein, Walter, Hofmann, Fritz and Graf are used for concerts and recordings in most prestigious concert halls and opera houses, owned by prominent players and leading music institutions, such as Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Paul Badura-Skoda, Malcolm Bilson, Ronald Brautigam, Warsaw Chopin Institute, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Paris Opera and Glyndebourne Festival as well as Cornell, Oberlin, Stanford, Harvard, etc.
Paul McNulty was first in modern times to build Pleyel 1830, Boisselot 1846, Streicher 1868 and Chopin’s Warsaw piano, 1826 Buchholtz. Paul McNulty’s current efforts are restoring antique French pianos for the Warsaw Chopin Institute.