INTRODUCING SPIRIO
Introducing the new Steinway & Sons Spirio.
NOW IN STORE!
INTRODUCING SPIRIO
Introducing the new Steinway & Sons Spirio.
NOW IN STORE!
JUST ARRIVED…
A CONCERT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
LIVE MUSIC, ON DEMAND
THE WORLD'S FINEST HIGH-RESOLUTION PLAYER PIANO
STEINWAY & SONS, the manufacturer of the world’s finest pianos, introduces the company’s most significant product innovation in over 70 years: STEINWAY Spirio, the world's finest player piano system, available exclusively on select STEINWAY grand pianos.
A masterpiece of artistry and engineering in your home, SPIRIO enables you to enjoy performances captured by great pianists - played with such nuance, power and passion that it is utterly indistinguishable from a live performance.
At the touch of a button, the Spirio brings hundreds of performances to life. An exclusive, regularly updated, free Spirio library features the entire roster of over 1700 Steinway artists.
SPIRIO
The new STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO is the world’s finest high resolution player piano. A masterpiece of artistry and engineering in your home, SPIRIO enables you to enjoy performances captured by great pianists — played with such nuance, power and passion that it is utterly indistinguishable from a live performance.
Check out the SPIRIO SPOTLIGHT — a monthly update on the STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO catalogue.
pure STEINWAY
SPIRIO, a handcrafted STEINWAY like all others, is the next step in STEINWAY'S history of ceaseless improvement in its mission — declared by Henry E. “to build the best piano possible” — and brings the unparalleled craftsmanship of the STEINWAY piano to your home coupled with cutting-edge technology and the peerless musicality of STEINWAY ARTISTS.
We invite you to download our STEINWAY BROCHURE and experience the STEINWAY story — a continuing tradition of craftsmanship, superior materials and consummate artistry.
INSPIRED & INTUITIVE TECHNOLOGY
INSPIRED & INTUITIVE TECHNOLOGY
inspired & intuitive TECHNOLOGY
The SPIRIO’s high resolution playback system captures the nuance and passion the STEINWAY ARTIST intended by using proprietary software to measure hammer velocity (up to 1020 dynamic levels at a rate of up to 800 samples per second) and proportional pedaling, for both the damper pedal and soft pedal (up to 256 pedal positions at a rate of up to 100 samples per second). The soft trills, delicate pedaling, and thundering fortissimos that separate the world’s finest artists are reproduced with unparalleled accuracy with SPIRIO, precisely realising both the pianist’s and the piano’s entire range of motion and emotion.
WORLD-CLASS MUSIC LIBRARY
WORLD-CLASS MUSIC LIBRARY
world-class MUSIC LIBRARY
At the touch of the iPad provided with the STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO, the SPIRIO app connects you to hundreds of performances, bringing your STEINWAY grand piano to life. This exclusive SPIRIO library, which is regularly and automatically updated, features everything from J.S. Bach to Irving Berlin to Billy Joel, and unlocks the furthest reaches of the instrument's expression, regardless of your playing ability.
SPIRIO NEWS & EVENTS
SPIRIO NEWS & EVENTS
SPIRIO NEWS & EVENTS
STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO is launching in new cities around the globe every day! As the SPIRIO community and music library continues to grow, stay on top of fresh openings and developments — and learn about the SPIRIO catalogue additions, upcoming SPIRIO events and concerts featuring rising and established artists.
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fluid EXPRESSION
YAGO HORTAL AND HIS WORKS FOR SPIRIO
At the recent Chinese launch of STEINWAY & SONS SPIRIO — the world’s finest player piano — STEINWAY ARTIST and world-class virtuoso Lang Lang was presented with a gift from STEINWAY & SONS: an original painting by Spanish artist Yago Hortal. Commissioned specially for Lang Lang, the painting, SP118 (2016), features a bold swathe of colour snaking across the canvas, greens and yellows giving way to pink, aqua, and ultimately a dark blue that splatters into black. Hortal has worked with STEINWAY in the past. Another painting of his, KF3 (2010), has been used for various SPIRIO promotional materials.
Music lay at the heart of this collaboration. “I need music to work.” Hortal tells Steinway. The painter plays music constantly in his studio, where he usually works on multiple paintings at the same time, using different types of music to mold his emotional state. “When I’m tired I tend to play very powerful music to get me active. Less frequently it’s the other way around, and I’ll use music to amplify feelings I already have.”
“I think classical music is probably the most energetic and powerful music that exists, more so than any electronic genres.”
Hortal’s paintings are all about these emotions, and the moments they exist in — capturing and preserving a physical signature. One can see this in the flow and dynamism of his work. “What matters to me is that the rhythm of each brushstroke can be reflected in a single gesture … each brushstroke acting as a reflection of the moment it was made. That’s why all my paintings are also a kind of personal diary.”
In the case of KF3, Hortal recalls living in Berlin: “It was a brand new city for me, an inspiring new environment...my painting became faster, colorful, and explosive.” He describes the painting for Lang Lang as a more mature work, one that captures the vibrancy of his life now and the excitement leading up to a show currently running in Salzburg.