I played on a couple of Bösendorfer (9 foot) - and it was a breath-taking experience to effortlessly achieve the most subtle different textures of touch. Outstanding qualty; I was in disbelief. Only the Fazioli came this close (from the individual pianos I tried) - and the Steinway a definite 2nd place to either B or F. (But I still love the Steinway).

Bosendorfer is really singing, melodious, deep tone and resonance.

I had the absolute pleasure of playing a bosendorfer imperial and I can honestly say that I fell deeply in love with it instantly. Its tone was everything I had dreamt and the action was the most superb and the easiest to play I have ever had the utmost pleasure of experiencing

I love Andras Schiff more and more ! If I had all the money in the world, I would buy a Bosendorfer concert grand:)

I play Bosendorfer every year at the Frankfurt Musikmesse... with my good friend Chris King. Tonally, it puts everything else in the dark

A concert grand is a concert grand, but a Bosendorfer, now that's a masterpiece.

Thank you Sir Andras Schiff for bringing the 280VC to New York's Carnegie Hall on April 3 and April 5. I attended the April 5th concert. Hearing this master play this glorious, magnificent instrument live was true bliss.

"I own a couple of bosendorfer imperials" You own more than one!? Those are crazy expensive

the most majestic piano sound! I don't why there's so much craze for steinway, they don't compare to the imperial!

I literally cried watching this

Note how each string has its own hitch pin. If one breaks in the heat of the moment, you still have 2 remaining to finish the gig. Not like Steinway's system where one hitch pin serves two speaking lengths of string. Even Bechstein stopped doing the individual hitch pin thing over a decade ago: Bosendorfer and August Forster are the only ones left.

Nothing compares to a beautiful Bösendorfer 😍

Bösendorfer is my favorite use.The Austrian piano speaks in the Austrian language.　 3:06 He told us about music spirits.

Very nice. I hope I can play with a Bosendorfer piano someday. Thank you for sharing.

"All instruments try to imitate the human voice" is a very interesting quote that I've heard Schiff say more than once now

I have played all kinds of pianos, Steinway, Bechstein, Marshall & Rose, Danemann, Stuart & Sons, even the worlds longest; the Alexander Piano. But the Bosendorfer Imperial Grand is the first on my shopping liszt.

Slight Correction regarding location of Eastman School of Music: it is in Rochester, NY (the state of New York), not "MD" as seen at 0:21

I like this video where he says that a grand should not be 100% egale, the composers wrote for other pianos (should be another study) but Boesendorfer has much of those qualities. [...] a bridge to the past. Soundwise I find that it has the best quality of Boesendorfer, but somehow I hear more the registers on it. It is very important for the music I like to play, for example Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, that you have distinct ... eh, ... tonal qualities for the top, the middle and the bass on the piano. And it should not be absolutely even, and that's how, - the composers wrote like that; You have to have these levels of distinction, and I think that this piano has that: It has a wonderful action, and it is very easy and comfortable to play, but what I am really looking for is the sound. I think this is a singing instrument, and seems to be a contradiction in terms, for most people think that the piano is a percussion instrument! I beg to differ. All instruments try to imitate the human voice, and I think this piano does it on a very high level.

It is considered a percussion instrument because the mallets strike the strings when the Piano keys are depressed. A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck. Percussion instruments are most commonly divided into two classes: Pitched percussion instruments, which produce notes with an identifiable pitch, and unpitched percussion instruments, which produce notes or sounds without an identifiable pitch. Percussion instruments may play not only rhythm but also melody and harmony. Which is why it is called a percussion instrument. And I also think Bosendorfer makes the best sounding piano's on the planet. And I hope someday I get a chance to hear a prodigy play that instrument in person before I die.

I have 2 imperials as well one is call OLGA and GRETA , such different characters. I am sooooo blessed. Nothing else really come close

Yes, it has a very lush voice. Not percussive at all. Beautiful.

❤ Bösendorfer ❤

Wow, Amazing!! He well know composer's mind. But you need before play this pieace, You need listen to original Schubert song. "Der Wanderer" Schubert wrote 3 difference songs as same song titles. You can make more much emotions after listen to it.

For such a valuable piano, whoever raised the lid didn't know what they were doing, and even the artist didn't notice - the lid support is in the wrong hole - it should be at a 90-degree angle with the lid. The hole that it is in is designed for the short support. This is very risky, since the long support can come out of the outer hole, causing the lid to fall and possibly crack.

I agree...Bosendorfer Imperial is tops, it was what I started on...never equaled, I play a restored 1883 Steinway A, which is a nice piano, but not up to this standard. Bosendorfer action is divine, the sound is divine. I must get one.

May I have one please?

Рояль достоин своего исполнителя!

I saw him play

"And it should not be absolutely even" und das ist der springende Punkt. For my ears and taste also, it has to have these different Sections across the 88 or 97 keys. THAT is what i feel when i hear the Masters play the Bösendorfer Konzert-Flügel ;-) i hear the Character of the Past. Now, regarding Sir András' point of view that the Piano is not a Percussion Instrument, on the Surface it's probably not , but the Mechanics of it makes it a percussive Instrument. Or lets just say it is part of the Percussion/Rhythm Section family.

As a 1904 Bechstein owner who can't play to save his life, I always thought that any piano made a nice noise, even if a toddler is having a go at it. Unlike say, the fiddle, it's a bit difficult to make a horrible noise on a piano. Perhaps I should investigate the bagpipes ?

Why is this interview coming out of Yamaha Artist Services?!?! Does Nippon Gakki now own Bosendorfer, as well?

what is the name of the piece?

I like Roland keyboards because my neighbours don't have to suffer when I practise...

I thought he was Austrian, I swear to god.

Is this what is known as a commercial?

How does the snare drum imitate the human voice?

Confusing. I've always seen him play Steinways.

I prefer the sound of the bosendorfer but it gives headache. Si it is bad quality!

Subtitles: I have a long history with booze and affair because my childhood was in Budapest which was part of the austro-hungarian empire. :p

No offence but I'll take a Steinway

I don’t get why the instruments try to emulate the human voice. If that is the purpose, isn’t it easier to sing???

Bosendorfer grand pianos have rather a harsh sound. It's not delicate or refined at all. It may sound right when you play some classical and somehow "rigid" composers like Beethoven (I'm not saying he is not a genius...), but it's absolutely not appropriate for playing romantic repertoire. it's sounds really harsh! Nothing to do with much more sophisticated pianos like a Fazioli. Even Steinways are better (mainly New York models, as Hamburg versions really lack of color and power). We still can find great grand pianos in Germany but they are really very confidential (I really like August Forster).

Bosendorfer is clearly really bad at marketing themselves... This guy sounds so boring and shows no signs of enthusiasm. Meanwhile Steinway already knew the game of monopoly and has marketed themselves so well that they've dominated the pro piano business like cancer. Whether or not they are that good is another debate. Bosendorfer has 2 options. 1. They can and should list all the things they are better than a Steinway and compete directly for the same market just like Pepsi was doing against Coke a decade ago with big marketing campaigns. 2. Just market themselves to a niche market for rich people. Making rich people thinking, knowing and believing that only Bosendorfer is the brand for the people who can afford it, while Steinway is only for concerts, schools and pros. They haven't done neither properly so far.