Paul Riario takes a closer look at two stars of Pearl River Guitars Mike Lawson Signature Line — the ML800-D and the ML8000-GCB. Handcrafted with Grover locking tuners, Fishman electronics and kiln-dried solid rosewood back and sides, these babies are affordable, pro-level instruments.

On the evening of 1 July, the 2025 Reignwood Summer Concert ‘When East Meets West’ took place at the foot of the Great Wall of China. Chinese pianist Liu Shikun played the epic ‘Ode to the Yellow River’ on a legendary Pearl River Sabao grand piano.

Pearl River Piano Brand Ambassador Wu Muye created an extraordinary piano event in Hong Kong: the performance of the Concert Etudes by Franz Liszt in one continuous concert. With impressive precision and deep understanding of Liszt’s compositions, Wu Muye led the audience through a musical experience that made each etude come alive as an independent and touching story.

On May 28, 2025, the Eppstein Piano Festival celebrated its 15th anniversary. This event, initiated by Anna Victoria Tyshayeva, began with the creative idea that Pastor Heike Schuffenhauer had 15 years ago as a piano student in Frankfurt. Artistic director and founder Anna Victoria Tyshayeva is an international concert soloist and chamber musician who won first prize at the Alexander Scriabin International Piano Competition in Paris.

Pearl River Guitars once again struck a chord with music lovers, movie buffs and vintage TV fans at this year’s MidSouth Nostalgia Festival, held June 5–7 at the Whispering Woods Hotel in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Backed by a passionate team led by North American Pearl River guitar representative Sherry Carlisle Smith and SCE Group, the brand’s presence was impossible to miss—and unforgettable to experience.

From Johannes Brahms’s genius to David Syme’s virtuosity, Ritmüller pianos have shaped music history for over two centuries. Established in 1795, Ritmüller quickly became the choice of celebrated 19th-century composers. In fact, it was on a Ritmüller piano in Göttingen that Brahms composed his groundbreaking Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15, blending perfectionism with innovation.

On June 8, Wu Muye, an international piano artist and spokesperson for the global brand of Pearl River Kayserburg Piano, performed Zhang Bichen’s “Epic of Love” 2025 Symphony Limited Concert Hangzhou Station, and joined hands with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, the head of the Hong Kong Orchestra and the violinist Wang Jing for a wonderful performance.

On the evening of 17 May 2025, the art performance ‘Neo-Chuang Suo Ying – Art and Culture United’ took place on the Huangpu Campus of Guangzhou Art Middle School. This art festival, where tradition and modernity meet, is not only a vivid expression of the school’s aesthetic education, but also an innovative exploration of the creative transformation of Lingnan culture. The students of the art middle school interpreted their understanding of beauty with their perfect performances and demonstrated the fruitful results of the school’s aesthetic education.

On 1 June 2025, the expansive lawn on the banks of the Hecheng Chaoge Cultural Park was transformed into a dreamlike concert hall. The ‘piano poet’ Ye Zichen and 100 Hecheng piano students performed a symphony that created unforgettable moments.

Leng Tshua, Pearl River’s Director for Global Sales and Marketing, talks about Asian piano culture, the necessities of marketing, and how the company has developed over the last few decades.

Pearl River Piano Group proudly introduces the QU2 Intelligent Piano Silent System, a groundbreaking solution designed to elevate your piano practice and creativity, anytime, anywhere.

On the morning of February 21, 2025, Mike Lawson, publisher of the authoritative American musical instrument magazine Musical Merchandise Review, musician and guitar connoisseur, visited the flagship store of Pearl River Piano in Guangzhou City, China.