Suzan Filipek · October 3, 2019
Helga Kasimoff calls this — her 88th year — “my piano year,” after the instrument’s 88 black-and-white keys. Her favorite piano is a concert grand in her Kasimoff-Blüthner Piano Co. showroom. It was played at Duke Ellington’s funeral, she recalls, and also was featured on Stevie Wonder, Henry Mancini and Barbra Streisand recordings. She counts […]
Suzan Filipek · April 28, 2016
Greg Parker of Parker West Interiors is the designer of the music room at this year’s Pasadena Showcase House. He also plays the piano—a Blüthner from the Kasimoff Piano Company on North Larchmont. “It’s from Leipzig, Germany,” says Helga Kasimoff of the grand piano. “It’s wonderful to fill the room with music.” “The 6’3” Blüthner […]