Festivals Guide | Summer 2025
Jonathon Brown peruses summer festival schedules and rummages through his sock drawer for his passport
Features
Nuts and bolts of piano technique | Broken chords
A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards
Archive focus | Michel Béroff
Jonathan Dobson listens to the distinctive EMI legacy of the French pianist Michel Béroff, who turns 75 this year
Repertoire guide | Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated
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
Q&A with Kate Liu
The Singaporean American pianist discusses her key mentors, recent repertoire, favourite recordings and the composers who have most influenced her
Fibbing, fakes and fantasies
Fresh from competition jury service, Jonathon Brown considers aspects of piano playing that eludes some younger performers and wonders what can be learnt from older generations
A century at the keyboard | The Curtis Institute at 100
As the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia celebrates its centenary, Thomas May explores the legacy of one of the world’s most sought-after and exclusive piano departments
Archive focus | Sergio Fiorentino
Jed Distler surveys the magisterial playing of Sergio Fiorentino, recorded from the 1950s to the 1990s and collected in a box-set from Brilliant Classics
Musings of a musician | Chopin’s teaching through the letters of Friederike Müller
Kenneth Hamilton explores the work of Chopin as a teacher, and what we can learn from the recently published letters of a pupil
George Xiaoyuan Fu explores pianistic colour in Debussy’s Études and beyond
Can a piano evoke colour? George Xiaoyuan Fu describes the special qualities of Debussy’s Études and introduces the music he has chosen to complement these masterpieces on his latest album...
Interview | Joseph Moog returns to his roots with Belle Époque
For his latest album the German pianist Joseph Moog returns to his musical roots with a programme of fin-de-siècle works, both familiar and obscure. He talks to Jeremy Nicholas about this album and...
Farewell Charivari: reflections on nine years of discord, debate and pianistic pet hates
In his final column for International Piano, Charivari bids farewell and reflects on what went right, what has changed, and what more could have been done
Historical Perspectives | Wilhelm Backhaus
Mark Ainley offers an overview of the playing of Wilhelm Backhaus, perhaps best known for his deeply considered post-war Beethoven but whose early playing brims with vivacity and virtuosity
Sheet music introduction: Haydn’s Largo cantabile from Symphony No 93
Jeremy Nicholas introduces a piano transcription of Haydn’s Largo cantabile from Symphony No 93 by Julius Schulhoff. The sheet music for the work appears in our Spring 2025 issue
The nuts and bolts of piano technique: Leaps
A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards
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