What Is A Steinway Artist…

David Osborne is part of the Steinway Artist Tree that the Immortal Legend Anton Rubinstein started! In 1872, Steinway & Sons partnered Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein to play his first and only concert tour in America, inadvertently paving the way for the Steinway Artist Program today. The Steinway Artist title is conferred upon only the best pianists of his or her time, and is a program handled by Steinway’s very own Concert and Artist Department. Every one of these Steinway Artists have chosen to perform exclusively on Steinways, possess their own Steinway piano, and none are paid to do so.

The Steinway Artist roster names over ONLY 2,000 of the most illustrious pianists of all time. Over 180 Steinway Immortals such as Franz Liszt, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Art Tatum precede the 1,800 current solo Artists the likes of Martha Argerich, David Osborne and Diana Krall. Also supplementing our Artist Roster are 80 ensembles which include names like The 5 Browns and Anderson & Roe, and over 120 Young Steinway Artists.

No one has ever been paid to play or endorse a Steinway, and as NYU Academic David Liebeskind wrote “This program is one of the only pure product endorsement program”. The artist has signed a contract with Steinway Concert Artists Program. The artist agrees to play exclusively on Steinways when they are available. Steinway's willingness to have instruments available in all major cities for these amazing great pianists like David Osborne.

David Osborne Steinway & Sons Spirio

David Osborne has recorded a plethora of pop, easy listening and show tunes featured on the new Steinway & Sons SPIRIO, the world's finest high resolution player grand piano. This means anywhere in the world there is a Steinway Spirio, David's music can be enjoyed. One could walk into a home or a Steinway store in Paris, France and input David Osborne into the ipad and the SPIRIO | r will play music and videos directly from the instrument, with immediate response and uninterrupted playback. SPIRIO captures the most nuanced musical passages, precisely reproducing the loudest, softest and fastest notes. 

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Steinway Artist Quotes

"Steinway & Sons pianos are deep in tone, they are leagues above everyone in control. I can play a note or chord a million different ways on a Steinway. On other brands this is not possible! I love Steinway because of the lyrical sound that can be produced from the instrument.” -David Osborne

"David Osborne is also a Steinway Spirio Artist which is a limited selection of pianists.He demonstrates performing with himself on two Steinways with the new incredible Steinway Spirio playback technology. A show not to be missed!

David Osborne is a very humble and generous Steinway Artist who can not wait to perform for all his fans and fulfills all their music requests with educational stories from the past and present! David brings the best out of all during his Spectacular Concert Events and hundreds of recordings "
Tina Giorgio- Steinway Ambassador