Internationally renowned conductor Daniel Barenboim has endorsed the endeavors of STRETTO PIANO EVENTS, INC. 501(c0(3), writing to us that he is "happy to support and encourage this initiative.”

Because of your support and our work, Stretto Piano Events, Inc. has grown and is changing the industry. For example, a German piano manufacturer has promised to send a stretto grand piano to NYC for us in September 2026!

We can't wait to share more news about this with you in the near future!

Following Artistic Director and Founder, Hannah Reimann's joyful and successful trip to Germany, new connections have been made, and more events are being planned quickly for October 1 - 31, 2026, The Sixth Annual International Stretto Piano Festival.

Pianos are being moved, tuned, and regulated, artists are traveling and playing concerts, we are videotaping, recording, making a documentary film, and spreading the word about Stretto Piano Events and our popular annual festival everywhere.

We cannot complete our mission without you, dear donors and supporters, and we welcome you to make your donation of any amount as we embark on our most exciting festival year yet!

Support The Annual International Stretto Piano Festival, Stretto Piano Concerts, and our global, musical movement of pianists, venues, manufacturers, and enthusiasts who perform on, promote and own "stretto" pianos with narrow keys and who are changing the world of music with these new pianos!

Pianists with small and medium-sized hands want pianos that fit them, and they are now playing music they never could play before experiencing a stretto.

Our movement grows exponentially with each concert event, exploding from our annual 10-day event to and entire month in 2026, all of October. Our sixth year has presented more amazing surprises and joy than ever, and -- yes -- its' been a lot of work with growing expenses.

New and familiar artists are reaching out to discuss their dates for the October 2026 festival and the events leading up to it.

We need to act quickly.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. We can’t complete our mission without you. Your continued support and donations will help us move to the next level of great concert production and instrument innovation for the 2026-2027 season. Any amount will help with our goals. We need:

$50,000 for our Educational Initiative at a dedicated NYC space with stretto pianos
$50,000 for our artists and staff for the festival and to begin our piano competition initiative
$50,000 for concerts, instruments, travel costs, piano maintenance, piano moving, admin, and concert hall rentals

Upcoming events where your support is needed:

Our new Stretto Hand Health Forum featuring doctors and experts who will explain why narrow keys can save innumerable artists from injuries and strain, plus piano technique for small hands with acclaimed professor and artist, Dr. Audrey Axinn (The Juilliard School, Mannes College of Music, & Manhattan School of Music)
Our Children’s Concert featuring Chelsea Solis, an 8-year-old child prodigy who has won over six competitions - kids are the top demographic who will benefit from strettos
Concerts featuring the music of famous composers David Amram and Stefania de Kenessey, with collaborating artists such as pianist Donna Weng Friedman.
Concerts with pianists Thomas Weaver, Christopher O’Riley, Julia Siciliano, Anna Arazi, Victoria Wong, Jessica Lee, and many more artists who have requested to play in New York.
Celebrating ATHENA, the first narrow-key electronic keyboard, and Athena's fabulous creators
Four festival concerts in Melbourne, Australia, and much, much more.

For those who wish to read more, some history and background from recent festival years:

We are thrilled to share news about more than ten global piano manufacturers who are now offering "stretto" narrow key pianos in showrooms and via custom order. Influenced by the global stretto piano movement and our annual concerts, stretto pianos are nearing standardization, a lifelong dream of pioneers who have worked on this initiative for decades.

Experience the artists on our 2025 Festival Playlist on YouTube

Highlights from the 2025 festival:

Our first invitation from a commercial pop venue in NYC took place on October 19 at beautiful City Winery NYC, Both Sides Now: The Music of Joni & Hannah, featuring hits by Joni Mitchell and originals by Hannah Reimann. Soloists, virtuoso pianist Eric Clark and Jazz composer Yaniv Taubenhouse, were guest artists that event, representing the multi-genre effort at Strettos Piano Events' home base, New York City. NYC also presented shows at Pearl Diver Sound in Brooklyn with John Virag, Spectrum NYC (contemporary classical music), and a show in May 2025 announcing the festival with chiild prodigy Chelsea Solis.

Dr. Carol Leone presented several lecture demonstrations in Europe with Ulrike Wohlwender and her students, in Innsbruck, Austria, with professor and pianist, Annette Seiler, where the stretto trend is rapidly growing.

Our first concerts in Amsterdam and various events by the newly formed Japan Narrow Key Piano Society included concerts from Tokyo, concerts from Kyoto, concerts from Niigata, and An Event with Professor Koji Tanaka at Niigata University which included lecture demonstrations and talks.

Australia presented three multi-artist concerts with kids, renowned pedagogues Glenn Riddle and David Soo, virtuosos Brenna Wee, Camila De Oliveiros, and many children.

Peruse all our 2025 events on our Stretto Piano Concerts home page and 2025 Festival page.

More About Us:

Gradually becoming mainstream with each year, over 150 artists and presenters joined us by the time the Fifth International Stretto Piano Festival took place, showcasing over 50 global events.

Unique in the world, Stretto Piano Events and the International Stretto Piano Festival are unifying pianists on five continents who are all clamoring for a new standard piano key size, one that is narrower to fit small and medium-sized hands. Hear Stretto artists in NYC, Dallas, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, London, San Diego, Victoria, Amsterdam, England, Wales, and more locations with each Stretto event.

This phenomenon is a global sensation and was featured twice on NPR (12 million listeners), notably on NPR's Morning Edition with Michel Martin.

This page will be updated with our full lineup reflecting our website in the near future.

PAST CONCERTS OF NOTE IN NYC:

2025 at City Winery in NYC and venues all over the world including those in Amsterdam, Melbourne, Stuttgart, and many more.

2024 at Symphony Space:

Past links to our LIVE concerts in 2024 at NYC at Peter Norton Symphony Space's Leonard Nimoy Thalia can be found here:

May 28 @ 8 PM: Legendary Pianism with Maryam Raya and Thomas Osuga

May 30 @ 8 PM: Both Sides Now: Music of Joni Mitchell with Hannah Reimman

June 1 @ 12 PM: Children and Teens Concert with Chelsea Solis

June 1 @ 8 PM: The Music of David Amram with Thomas Weaver

June 2 @ 3 PM: Multi Artist Stretto Celebration

June 4 @ 7 PM: Closing Night Celebration - Jazz Meets Classical

2024 Festival Artists on the image above, clockwise from top left: David Amram, Hannah Reimann, Eric Clark, Maryam Raya, Anna Arazi, Steve Sandberg, Zach Brock, Jed Distler, Chelsea Solis, Julia Furlan, Donne Weng-Friedman, Thomas Weaver, Thomas Osuga, Julia Siciliano

The Sixth International Stretto Piano Festival & Stretto Piano Events 2026

Exciting News and Fundraising for 2026-2027!