AllMusic Review – by James Manheim

Duo pianists Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz joined forces in 1951. Later in their career they established their own foundation and created the New York International Piano Competition, which has launched the careers of quite a few young pianists. The competition,...

The Innovators: Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz

Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz have brought a refreshing concept to the often cutthroat arena of music competitions: Everybody wins. Stecher and Horowitz met in 1951, and during the next five decades they toured the world as a celebrated duo-piano team, while also...

The Eighth New York International Piano Competition

by Stephen Sorokoff, June 26 2016 Unlike those TV competitions which have arguable talent and hyped elimination dramatics, The Eighth New York International Piano Competition presented by The Stecher Horowitz Foundation is just the opposite. From June 19-24 at The...

The Eighth New York International Piano Competition in Review

THE EIGHTH NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION (NYIPC) UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE STECHER AND HOROWITZ FOUNDATIONGREENFIELD HALL, MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, NEW YORK, NY by Rorianne Schrade, June 24, 2016 It was an honor and pleasure to be asked to review the...