“Steinway pianos have had special meaning for me at each stage in my development. As a young piano student growing up in Israel, the name Steinway carried a certain awe because of its rarity, and it was a special treat to play on the Steinway at my teacher's studio, or if I was lucky, at a concert hall. Then, at conservatoires in America, the first thing I learned was how to tell which practice rooms had Steinway pianos: they were the ones that were always taken! Of course it is now, as a performing artist, that I can fully understand what these instruments have to offer. In a live concert - at the moments when one reaches for something extra it is most essential to be playing a Steinway. It is with the Steinway that the true realizations of the great works are made possible.”

Yael Weiss

“Steinway pianos have had special meaning for me at each stage in my development. As a young piano student growing up in Israel, the name Steinway carried a certain awe because of its rarity, and it was a special treat to play on the Steinway at my teacher's studio, or if I was lucky, at a concert hall. Then, at conservatoires in America, the first thing I learned was how to tell which practice rooms had Steinway pianos: they were the ones that were always taken! Of course it is now, as a performing artist, that I can fully understand what these instruments have to offer. In a live concert - at the moments when one reaches for something extra it is most essential to be playing a Steinway. It is with the Steinway that the true realizations of the great works are made possible.”

Yael Weiss