
The Second International
Stretto Piano Festival
Narrow Keys… Broad Minds… No Boundaries
June 18-26, 2022
Please join us for
The Second International Stretto Piano Festival!
With Live and concerts in NYC on June 18, 19, 21 & 25 and
online concerts by 40+ artists from five continents!
All pianists will be performing on keys that are narrower than today's conventional keyboard size with
its 6.5 inch octave. This size is large by historical standards and mainly suits adult males with average to large hands.
Our Aims
…raise awareness and promote the idea of alternate piano key sizes,
…promote and elevate the careers of the performers on these keyboards,
..and assist in energizing a community of those who are proponents of this technology.
All times indicated below are in USA Eastern Daylight Time
Welcome from our Artistic Directors
Welcome from Carol Leone
Welcome from Rhonda Boyle
Home Cities of Stretto Performers

Carol Leone: Debussy Fêtes with Friends
Recorded live in concert, Carol Leone performs Duo Masterworks by Claude Debussy performed on a Steinway concert grand fitted with a DS5.5 keyboard.
The artist's ticket proceeds will be donated to DS Standard Foundation to help seed universities with alternatively-sized piano keyboards.
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Esther Chung Marks in Recital: Stretto 5.5” Octave Piano
Esther Chung Marks performs colorful solo piano works by Ravel, Barber, and Kapustin on her personal Steinway O, retrofitted with narrower DS 5.5 keys, because one size truly does not fit all.
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Karolinka de Bree and Dorine Diemer present: S. Rachmaninov: piano concerto op. 18 no. 2 in C-minor
Please join us in this unforgettable Rachmaninov adventure! Karolinka plays on a 7/8 keyboard, designed and made for her by Thomas Kaduk. The keyboard has been installed in a Steinway M grand piano. The lovely Dorine Diemer aka 'Orchestre de Dorine' is playing on a Ronisch piano, a brand that Rachmaninov himself played and composed on frequently when he was still living in Russia.
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Erica Booker, teacher, with Ashleigh Wong and Clive Guo, graduating students
I am Erica Booker, Principal of Eton Piano Studio, and I'm proud to present two of my brilliant 17 year old students, Ashleigh Wong and Clive Guo. They have grown up in my Eton Road studio containing four pianos, each of which has a different keyboard. Both Ashleigh and Clive hold their Licentiates in Piano Performance, LMusA and are currently in their final year at school in Sydney Australia.
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Steve Sandberg & Friends PRIDE Ukraine Benefit - Jazz, Blues and World Classical Music
Virtuoso, composer, arranger, and musician extraordinaire Steve Sandberg celebrates PRIDE with this benefit concert for Ukraine featuring the music of Debussy and Sandberg, plus over ten guest singers of various genres.
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Anna Bulkina: Online Piano Recital
Join us for an unforgettable evening of music-making!
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Mami Shikimori plays Viner with an Introductory talk by Frederick Viner
Premiere of Frederick Viner's new compositions. Viner says of his pieces "Coffee to Go and Nodding Off (nos. 1-2) could aptly represent key parts of my daily routine.” Performed by the award-winning pianist Mami Shikimori. Also in the programme is Beethoven's monumental "Appassionata" Sonata.
Tune in to watch how much more power Mami gets on the 6.0 inches octave keys.
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Making Music with a Perfect Match with pianist Barbara Lister-Sink
Barbara Lister-Sink, internationally renowned pianist and globally acknowledged leader in injury-preventive piano technique, celebrates finding a perfect keyboard size in works by Mozart, Chopin (Barcarolle), Rachmaninoff, Grainger and Debussy (L'isle joyeuse).
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Kathryn Mientka Farruggia: The Epic Liszt Sonata
This program will explore one of the greatest sonatas ever written for the piano, the epic Sonata by Franz Liszt. This is a 35 minute work which is truly a monumental tale of the life of Franz Liszt.
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Sine Winther: Distant Melodies
Two gems of the late piano repertoire from Brahms and Chopin. Both works share seemingly simple melodies, but behind this - lie deeply introverted, sombre, and retrospective characters.
This performance is played on the Sirius 6.0 - a Yamaha GB1 grand piano with Laukhuff keyboard (HMDK Stuttgart, Germany).
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Linda Gould: Classical to Blues
Experience 3 different narrow keyboards in this 45 min piano concert. Linda Gould plays on a Yamaha G2 grand fitted with a DS 5.5 keyboard, a digital prototype (NK 5.5) that is being launched at NAMM in June and a BLUE keyboard that is also a digital prototype with 5.5 inch octave keys. She will explore piano music from J.S. Bach to Christopher Norton including 5 two-piano pieces with dragonfly sister Sue Gould.
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Kahoru Amano: Online Piano Recital
Join Kahoru Amano for a night of French music, where she will perform on a Yamaha C2X retrofitted with a DS5.5 keyboard.
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Music Lovers Concert - Debussy, Chopin, Mozart, Vivaldi and more!
Non-professional and professional New York City musicians gather to present a Stretto Piano Concert at the Fred & Adele Astaire Ballroom at Houghton Hall. Please join pianists, Alina Rubinstein and Peter Fancovic, Cellist Anne Taylor, teenage soprano Carmen Yager and Creator/Co-Artistic Director of ISPC, pianist and soprano Hannah Reimann for familiar and new music including a mini piano recital by Fancovic to complete the evening.
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Ariā Yamanaka: Piano and Violin Duo
The Duo is formed by the sisters Ariã Yamanaka (piano) and Wendy Yamanaka (violin).
The repertoire is varied, passing through different regions of the world starting in Brazil, Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia.
This performance is being played on a Yamaha C7X concert grand fitted with a DS6.0 keyboard, São Paulo/Brazil.
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Tina Chong and Warren Hagerty
Tina Chong and Warren Hagerty come together to present two hallmarks of the cello and piano repertoire by Beethoven and Shostakovich. These youthful sonatas feature both composers' mastery in surprising their listeners, in addition to displaying a brilliant array of temperaments.
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Artina McCain & Jonathan Tsay: Dramas and Dainties
Join University of Memphis professors Artina McCain and Jonathan Tsay for a Wednesday Happy Hour recital which combines the high drama of music of Chopin, Liszt, and Joseph Joubert with lighthearted selections by Mozart and Carolina Calvache, and Arthur Benjamin.
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Amanda Pang presents: adventure, allure & ardour
Traversing through Chopin’s expansive B minor Sonata No.3, Szymanowski’s scintillating Metopes and Scriabin’s feverish and effervescent Sonata No.4, Amanda is thrilled to be presenting these beloved works in recital on a DS 6.0 keyboard designed by David Steinbuhler.
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Roland Pöntinen: Acclaimed Swedish Pianist, Live in NYC - Benefit for Ukraine
Award-winning Swedish Pianist, Composer, and master collaborator Roland Pöntinen shares his talents live in and from New York City, helping to heal and save lives during this time of unrest in Europe and Everywhere.
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Amelie Protscher: Solo Jazz Piano Through the Ages
From Harlem Stride to Dave McKenna's "three-handed" contrapuntal approach to the modern stylings of Carla Bley – Amelie Protscher has jazz history under her fingertips and invites you on a journey through 120 years of jazz piano.
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Julia Hastings: Music from Home - if you live in the world
As a child, Australia's SBS World News tagline 'News from home, if you live in the world' always resonated with me, and across the last two years of disconnection and isolation, it seemed more relevant than ever. Join me for this virtual world tour recital, showcasing the delicate threads that music weaves between cultures and continents, and transcending time.
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Mariana Rodrigues presents: Niramar Suite
Composer and pianist Mariana Rodrigues presents Niramar Suite, an authorial composition that reflects her experiences and musical references such as Brazilian popular music, classical music and jazz. The program also contains the composition Forrozinho No. 1 by André Marques.
This performance is being played on a Yamaha C7X concert grand fitted with a DS6.0 keyboard, São Paulo/Brazil.
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Ran Feng: Online Piano Recital
The style of the program is young. Let's go back to our young age, and relive a period we've already lived.
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Eliana Yi: Etudes, Ballades, and Dances
Join Eliana Yi as she plays works of Scriabin, Chopin, and Young Jo Lee. Eliana will be playing on her Yamaha G3, retrofitted with a DS 5.5 keyboard designed by David Steinbuhler. With this keyboard, Eliana has access to a wide-range of repertoire that would otherwise be unhealthy to play with her 6.5-inch handspan. Pieces like Scriabin's op.42 no.5 etude and Chopin's fiery ending to Ballade no.1 are not only comfortable to play, but immensely satisfying.
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Caleb Salizzo Presents: Transformations
Join Caleb Salizzo for a night full of intense expression and passionate virtuosity, with works by Franck, Mozart, and Liszt. This Recital will be given on a Steinbuhler DS6.0 action.
Caleb Salizzo headshot image by Pia Johnson for ANAM

Jess Johnson: New Works by Women
This program features newly-commissioned works for solo piano by Serra Hwang, Elena Ruehr, Laura Schwendinger and Lawren Brianna Ware. The program also includes collaborations with Kate Corby, choreographer, Cindy Stefanek, dancer, and Anthony Di Sanza, percussionist. All works are performed on a DS 5.5 Steinbuhler piano keyboard.
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Manuele Carli Ballola: Images - A Film and Video-Game Composer Journey
Composer-pianist Manuele Carli Ballola, who specializes in film and videogame music, gives a rare performance of his original works with a three-piece string ensemble, a light show, poetry, and improvisation. A unique experience you will not want to miss.
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Lucas Gonçalves: Piano Recital
This concert presents a very expressive, creative and interesting program with some of the most important compositions of the 19th and 20th century piano literature: on one side works from the polish composer Frédéric Chopin and on the other one works from the Brazilian Composers Alexandre Levy and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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Anna Arazi and Subaiou Zhang Carter: New Music for Piano and Violin
Anna Arazi and Subaiou Zhang Carter perform two exquisite compositions by Chen Yi (China/USA) and Verdina Shlonsky (Israel), as well as two world premieres for piano solo by Tetiana Afanasenko (Ukraine) and Max Rousseau (USA). The performance features a Steinway concert grand with an ergonomically scaled piano keyboard.
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Hannah Reimann’s Multi-Genre Celebration
Hannah is delighted to welcome Stretto Pianists to play live in New York City and from all over the world for this unique 9-day event.
We’d love to have you join us for all the concerts!
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The Co-Artistic Directors
Hannah Reimann from New York City
Carol Leone from Dallas, Texas
Rhonda Boyle from Melbourne, Australia
Other Key Websites
Pianists for Alternatively Sized Keyboards (PASK):
A global network of pianists wanting change to the 'one size fits all' keyboard
STRETTO means 'narrow' in Italian.