Young pianists to play on Steinways at ChildAid concert
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Three contestants of the recent South-east Asia Steinway regional finals, including grand prize winner Hsieh Wei Ting (above), will also play at the concert. -- PHOTO: STEINWAY GALLERY SINGAPORE
Young pianists performing in this year's ChildAid charity concert will get to play on three Steinway grand pianos, including one that costs $298,000.
Concert organisers The Business Times and The Straits Times announced a tie-up with Steinway Gallery on Friday that sees the latter loaning two Steinway Model B pianos for three years - from this year to 2014.
It will also provide a $298,000 Steinway concert grand piano Model D at a highly subsidised rate for this year's concert.
Ms Celine Goh, general manager of Steinway Gallery, said she picked the Model D from six units "for its evenness, pristine sound quality and a very distinctive maturity in tone".
