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This concert is important not only as a recital by the famous pianist Ronald Brautigam. It is also a new step in bringing to China a growing world trend: playing the music of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and other composers on the instruments for which this music was written.

The concert quality fortepiano on the stage of Shanghai Symphony Hall did not come to China from Europe only for one concert. It will stay in China long term. This means that Chinese musicians, concert organisers, festivals and concert halls can rent this fortepiano for other concerts, not only at Shanghai Symphony Hall, but also in other halls in Shanghai and in other cities of China.

About the Walter fortepiano

The instrument is a end 18th century Fortepiano after Walter by Paul McNulty and Sergei Kramer. This type of early piano is still not very well known in China. It is completely different from a modern piano and also different from a harpsichord. It has hammers, and in its time this instrument was also called Hammerklavier, but the hammers are handmade and covered with leather. It has Viennese action, also called Viennese mechanic, which gives a very different touch and sound from a modern concert grand.

The McNulty Walter fortepiano is made after Anton Walter, one of the most famous piano makers of Haydn’s, Mozart’s and Beethoven’s time. Music sounds different on this kind of instrument. The sound is clear, singing and speaking, with very sensitive touch and transparent colours which carry well in the hall. The music becomes closer to the composers’ sound world.

This is why a growing number of musicians choose fortepianos for their Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin performances.

The McNulty fortepiano in Shanghai will also be used for concerts of other artists and projects in the next season, including Olga Pashchenko, Ton Koopman, Andreas Staier, orchestral projects and many others. It opens new possibilities for fortepiano and orchestra projects, recordings, masterclasses and early keyboard projects in China.

Paul McNulty fortepianos for rent and sale

Paul McNulty fortepianos are owned and used by important institutions such as the Chopin Festival and Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Wigmore Hall in London, Stanford, Cornell and Sorbonne, leading conservatories, Paris Opera and Glyndebourne Opera.

The McNulty workshop makes different models, such as Conrad Graf and Fritz fortepianos from Beethoven’s and Schubert’s time, Chopin’s Pleyel, “Warsaw piano” Buchholtz, Liszt’s Boisselot, Brahms’ Streicher, and early classical Silbermann instruments connected with the world of Bach’s sons.

The workshop also makes harpsichords, most recently a copy of the Dulcken 1745 harpsichord, made with a new level of precision research. It also restores antique instruments and offers new fortepianos and harpsichords for sale and rent in Europe and worldwide. Festival and masterclass service is possible.

More information:

https://mcnultypianos.cn/

https://www.fortepiano.eu/

Fortepiano rental in China

The instrument can be rented through Paul McNulty Fortepianos and Classical Reflections for concerts in Shanghai and other cities of China. Musicians, concert organisers, festivals and halls looking for fortepiano rental in China, fortepiano rental in Shanghai, Walter fortepiano rental, Mozart piano rental, Hammerklavier, period piano rental can contact Paul McNulty Fortepianos.

Questions may also be sent to Paul McNulty Fortepianos by email:

fortepianoeu@gmail.com

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