{"id":101091,"date":"2020-10-19T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/quand-lenny-kravitz-cree-son-steinway\/"},"modified":"2021-05-17T07:06:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:06:24","slug":"when-lenny-kravitz-created-his-steinway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/when-lenny-kravitz-created-his-steinway\/","title":{"rendered":"When Lenny Kravitz created his Steinway"},"content":{"rendered":"
More than a partnership between a big star and a legendary brand, the association between Steinway & Sons and Lenny Kravitz is an artistic fusion. \u201cThe first instrument I ever played was a Steinway,\u201d <\/em>Kravitz says. I have been a fan of their pianos over the span of my 30-year career, and I feel fortunate to get the opportunity to design my dream piano.\u201d<\/em> Since 1853, Steinway & Sons pianos have been meticulously hand-crafted by craftspeople in workshops in New York and Hamburg. For Steinway, the limited editions designed in collaboration with the most iconic artists and designers of our time are a way to broaden its audience by challenging the codes of the classical world. This was the case with Lang Lang, Karl Lagerfeld or the Lalique glass manufactory. The Kravitz Grand takes the brand even further away from its classicism. For this highly personal project, Lenny Kravitz and his Kravitz Design studio dissected every aspect of piano construction, from the rim to the action mechanics to the pins. Their (achieved) goal: to create a style unlike anything Steinway has ever created before.<\/p>\n An artistic adventure recounted in this film that reveals a hidden gem. In it, Kravitz recounts how, on his fifth birthday, his parents took him to the Rainbow Room in New York City where he ended up seated on the knees of the pianist performing that night. A certain Duke Ellington.<\/p>\n