The 4th Global Piano Roll Meeting – Day 2

The 4th Global Piano Roll Meeting (GPRM) will take place at Stanford University, August 7–9, 2026. This is the leading international forum for music roll scholars, performers, archivists, and enthusiasts. The conference will take place over three days and include paper sessions, concerts, roll playing instruments, and social events. Topics include the historical study of piano and organ rolls, performers, audiences, and repertoires; pneumatic instruments; roll manufacturing; archival preservation and access; roll collections; performance studies; and performance practices. 

Day 2 Program of Events:

9:30am – Neal Peres da Costa
From Classical to Modern: 30 years of reproducing piano rolls, 130 years of performance practice

10:00am – Akiko Washino
Unequal Left-Hand Accompaniments: Performances of Classical Works by Carl Reinecke, Fritz von Bose, and Frederic Lamond

10:30am – Break

11:00am – Erinn Knyt
Beyond the Score: Ferrucio Busoni’s Reshaping of the Compositions of Franz Liszt

11:30am – Laura Granero
De-competing Chopin: Chopin on Piano Rolls

12:00pm – Lunch

1:30pm – Katarzyna Hatalak
Theodor Leschetizky's interpretations in recordings for Welte-Mignon: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Fantasy in C minor, KV 475 and Frédéric Chopin’s Nocturne in D- flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

2:00pm –  Jeffrey Swinkin
Performative Structure, Analytical Structure: Leschetizky’s Roll of Mozart’s Fantasy, K. 475

2:30pm – Break

3:00pm – Petra Kirchner
Interplay across centuries: Reinecke’s voice in Mozart’s Phantasie K 475 – Galant schemata and 19th -century performance aesthetics

3:30pm – Kawa Mateusz
The Recordings from the Zamoyski-Collection as well as Wanda Landowska’s Interpretation of Mozart’s Sonata K. 576. Social, Aesthetic, and Technical Contexts

4:00pm – Break

4:30pm – Antonio Simon
(Lecture-recital) Beethoven’s Op. 111 and the Romantic Paradigm: From Reconstruction to Re-Creation

5:15pm – Break

5:30pm – Concert 2: Performance and rolls

6:30pm – End of conference day​​​​​​​

Admission Information 

• Delegates: $110 – Includes paper presentation, attendance at special sessions, three lunches, coffee/tea breaks, access to optional tours.
• General Admission (auditor): Free – registration required
• Hourly paid parking is available in Tresidder Parking Lot 

More info on the GPRM conferences can be found at gprm.net