Festivals Guide | Summer 2025
Jonathon Brown peruses summer festival schedules and rummages through his sock drawer for his passport
Jonathon Brown peruses summer festival schedules and rummages through his sock drawer for his passport
A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards
Jonathan Dobson listens to the distinctive EMI legacy of the French pianist Michel Béroff, who turns 75 this year
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Jed Distler works his way through the recorded versions of a 20th-century piano masterpiece, marking the 50th anniversary of its composition, and recommends his favourite versions
The Singaporean American pianist discusses her key mentors, recent repertoire, favourite recordings and the composers who have most influenced her
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'Yuja Wang’s performances are of a wholly individual character and brilliance that discourages comparison'
'Emanuele Delucchi’s performances burn with conviction, affirming Medtner as a recondite genius beyond reductive labels'
'There’s no denying his clarity: fingerwork is immaculate (passagework, trills and tremolos are unfailingly neat) and textures are lucid'
'Haochen Zhang's precision is stunning – the bounce he brings to the streams of notes in the finale of the Beethoven, the clarity he gives to the bel canto filigree in the Liszt, the assured voicing...
'Her fifth album for Rubicon finds Sonya Bach as attuned to the music of Bartók as she was to that of Chopin, Rachmaninov and Mussorgsky on previous releases'
'Giltburg brings muscularity to Rachmaninov’s sonatas but sacrifices some of the music’s lyricism and rhythmic clarity, partly due to recording balance and interpretative choices'
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