Leading ladies: gender bias in piano competitions
Almost any piano teacher will say that the majority of their students are female, so where are all the women when it comes to handing out the glittering prizes at major music competitions?
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Returning to the Piano: IV – Touches (Part 2)
A technical refresher course for recommencing piano enthusiasts, created for International Piano by Murray McLachlan
Festival Focus: Piano City Lecce
With performances in ornate Baroque churches, private homes, a nature reserve and even a bus, Piano City Lecce showed how the piano can infiltrate every aspect of a city's culture
Lang Lang: a whole new world
Virtuoso arrangements of tunes from Disney movies are the focus of Lang Lang's latest album, which he hopes will offer younger listeners a way into classical music. Owen Mortimer reports
George Xiaoyuan Fu: eclectic reflections
George Xiaoyuan Fu explores resonances between the past and present in his debut album Mirrors, which juxtaposes Ravel with music by six later composers
Phantoms of the piano
How spooky is the piano? Benjamin Ivry ponders a new book that suggests the instrument invites paranormal experiences
Sviatoslav Richter: Russian revelations
Sviatoslav Richter offers some intimate insights into the music that inspired and challenged him, his relationship with audiences and penchant for practising at the 11th hour
Claudio Arrau: past master
Claudio Arrau recounts his memories of one of the most influential yet controversial musicians of the 20th century, composer-pianist Ferruccio Busoni
Long-Thibaud Competition: a guide
The last Long-Thibaud Competition saw a standoff between the jury and the audience, but with a history stretching back nearly 80 years it takes more than a scandal and a pandemic to knock it off...
Alfred Brendel interview: timeless greats
Julian Haylock meets the pianist, author and composer Alfred Brendel, who looks back over his long career in a wide-ranging interview about the music he loves most – and why
Bobby Mitchell: sense of self
Jonathon Brown meets Bobby Mitchell, artistic director of the EBEN festival in France, to discuss his freestyle approach to Schumann's late works, and the liberating idiosyncrasies of Haydn
Stephen Hough: music of my life
British pianist, composer and writer Sir Stephen Hough reveals his formative musical influences
Ian Hobson: music of my life
British pianist and conductor Ian Hobson selects special recordings from across the years
Festival Focus: Verbier Festival
The Verbier Festival has stood the test of time, attracting a nucleus of loyal stars to an event that is something of a pilgrimage. Michael Church reports
‘Time, space and magic’: Burkard Schliessmann plays Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations
Owen Mortimer in conversation with Burkard Schliessmann about his interpretation of Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations, BWV 988, released on Divine Art
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