$25 ($20 senior/student)
The culmination of an intensive annual competition, Concerto Division Winners of the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association (SYAMFA) will perform concerti by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Bartók in a stellar event accompanied by Philharmonia Northwest, conducted by Julia
Tai. With generous support from Northwest Pianos, this year's piano soloists are grateful to perform on a 9 ft Fazioli F278. Audience members should prepare to be astonished by the adult level performances they will hear!
Shopping for a digital piano in 2026 can feel overwhelming. The market is flooded with options across every price point, and the technical specifications — weighted keys, polyphony, touch sensitivity, sound engines — can make it hard to know where to start. This guide cuts through the noise and gives you the key things to look for when choosing a digital piano, whether you're buying for yourself or for a child just starting out.
Learning piano used to mean booking a weekly lesson, sitting down with a teacher, and slowly working through a method book. That still works — but in 2026, an entirely new layer of learning has arrived, and it's powered by artificial intelligence.
If you have spent any time on YouTube, Spotify, or TikTok in 2026, you have almost certainly heard it: the unhurried piano chord, the soft crackle of vinyl, the gentle rain in the background, the tempo that never rushes. Lo-fi music — specifically its piano-centered variants — has become the defining sonic backdrop of concentrated work, study, and intentional rest for a generation of listeners. And it is doing something unexpected in the process: it is turning passive listeners into curious beginners.
