Lang Lang to play on two Steinway and Sons 9' Grands at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
While choosing which of two pianos to play, Lang Lang (left) talks in Verizon Hall with Greg Sikora, head concert technician for Steinway and Jacobs Music. The pianist decided to use both. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inq-on-the-road/Lang_Lang_in_Franz_Liszt_simulcast.html?viewGallery=y
Jacobs Music Company at McCarter Theatre
Dozens of new, pre-owned and authentically resotred Steinway & Sons pianos graced the stage of McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ September 23 - 25.
24 Steinway pianos from Jacobs Music Company being delivered to the new Lenfest Hall
at the Curtis Institute of Music!
Arriving by trucks, these Steinways will receive very
special handling by four expert piano movers delivering from Jacobs Music Company,
who are trained in exacting techniques. All in all, 24 new Steinway pianos were
ordered from Jacobs Music Company. 20 are being delivered on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The order includes upright verti-grand pianos and 5’7”, 5’10 ½ , 7’ and 9’
grands. The total value is around $1.4 million.
Curtis Music School Expanding With New Dorms ... - CBS Philly
JACOBS MUSIC COMPANY SPONSORS The Princeton Festival’s fourth annual Piano Competition for Young Musicians
Mercer Space
By Community News Staff Six talented young artists were named winners in the
finals of The Princeton Festival's fourth annual Piano Competition for
Young Musicians on Saturday, June 25, at the Clark Music Center at The
Lawrenceville School. ... For full article link: Young musicians excel at Princeton Festival's Piano
Competition
JACOBS MUSIC COMPANY SPONSORS THE NELLY BERMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC PRESENTS "YOUNG CLASSICAL VIRTUOSOS OF TOMORROW"
Playing In The Street
Chestnut Street used to be called Piano Row. Today, there’s only Jacobs Music Company, area rep for Steinway & Sons. They're a sponsor of "Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow," a competition involving 250 young people aged 5 to 25, presented by the Nelly Berman School of Music in Haverford. One of the winners, Jacob Adler, plays a Steinway on the sidewalk outside the Jacobs storefront, to promote a concert by all the winners Sunday, June 19 at 3 p.m. at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater. http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/BC997168067001.html
SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOL HAS HOLDS BENEFACTOR PARTY AT JACOBS MUSIC IN...
Mark Love of Jacobs Music of Philadelphia welcomes guests to Jacobs' new recital hall on Chestnut Street where Jacobs hosted Settlement Music School's ...
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MUSICIAN HAS GLOBAL REACH
By: KRISTEN COPPOCK Burlington County Times
MOUNT LAUREL - Music has always been a part of Al Rinaldi's life. It's been a source of entertainment and comfort, as well as a means of survival. At age 73, the lifelong musician has recorded his first solo album in celebration of his passion for the art form, as well as the family he has never known. "Ciao Bella" is a combination of classic Italian songs and Latin jazz, and features world-class musicians from around the globe. "I always had interest in making an Italian CD," Rinaldi said by phone from Lighthouse Point, Fla. "I have no real contact with my heritage." A musician and businessman, the Mount Laurel resident never knew his father and was abandoned by his mother at only nine months old. Left to fend for himself, Rinaldi crawled to a neighbor's apartment. He eventually was taken in by an Irish woman who relied on public assistance. Read more >
Al Rinaldi and Gabrielle Rinaldi with piano soloist Vivian Wang. Jacobs Music sponsored the Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra concert on November 20, 2010 at Symphony Hall, Allentown with Vivian Wang as piano soloist in the Mozart Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, and Allan Birney (founder and musical director) as conductor.
PIANO MAN.
Music store owner releases his first album.
By Joan Gallager, Staff writer, The Trentonian.
LAWRENCE - Al Rinaldi, the owner of Jacobs Music Co. in Lawrenceville, is the consummate music man: He sells pianos, plays and Ita;ian accordion in a Florida nightspot, and hosts hundreds of recitals yearly to showcase young musicians. Now, the 73 year old Mt. Laurel resident who owns six Jacobs Music Co. stores here and in Cherry Hill, Philadelphi, Allentown and Willow Grove, Pa., and Wilmington, Del., has produced his first CD album, "Ciao, Bella" - which is "Hello Beautiful" in Italian. Read more >
By D.J Boris, For The Bulletin
Published:
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Once, 13 piano merchants graced Philadelphia's "Piano Row," which extended from 6th and Chestnut Street to 23rd Street. Today, only one survives from that historic era, occupying a handsome art-deco storefront built in 1937. Jacobs Music was founded in 1900, the same year that the Philadelphia Orchestra came into existence. Back then, in the days before the invention of television, the cost of a first-class stamp was two cents. Jump to 2008, and see that one thing hasn't changed: Jacobs is still selling pianos. Walking by Jacobs Music's historic building at 1718 Chestnut St., you might be lucky enough to hear the beautiful music that's being played inside, brightening your holiday season.
"Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street," wrote songwriter Dorothy Fields, in her 1930 lyrics. That's where Jacobs Music is, and that's where the pianos are - all four floors containing some of the world's finest. Step inside this Philadelphia landmark, and it wouldn't be unusual to find a renowned concert pianist or aspiring artist practicing on a Steinway grand piano that would then be delivered to his or her performance.Read more >