Definition of "pianism" []

• The technique or execution of piano playing. (noun)

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• "Together with his exact contemporary Sviatoslav Richter 1915-97, Gilels occupied a twin peak in Russian pianism during the second half of the 20th century, and listening to these well remastered recordings from the Fifties and Sixties, it is not hard to appreciate why."
• "Since Maurizio Pollini began his five-concert 'project' with the first half of Bach's 'Well-tempered Klavier' - pianism's Old Testament - it was appropriate that he should follow it with the last three works in Beethoven's sonata cycle, aka pianism's New Testament."
• "Howard Shelley's performance is refreshingly free from empty showmanship or narcissistic 'pianism'."