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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Chopin figures prominently in Polish pianist’s Ewa Kupiec’s plans, but Slavic composers, new music and finding a life balance are also essential
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Education
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‘It’s all listening, listening’ for the very young children who learn piano the Suzuki way
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First Person
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Are amateur pianists really self-indulged and selfish? Let’s see…
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 14: More on improvising melodies over chord progressions
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Insight
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To that teenager who wants to quit playing the piano: stick with it, say Pianist readers
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Makers & Making
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Considering a digital piano? Take a look at our guide to the latest and greatest models
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duet to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Chopin Prelude, Tchaikovsky’ Russian Song from Children’s Album, a Schumann piano duet, Scott Joplin’s famous ‘The Easy Winners’ and lots more composers
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Highlights
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Chopin figures prominently in Polish pianist’s Ewa Kupiec’s plans, but Slavic composers, new music and finding a life balance are also essential
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Education
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‘It’s all listening, listening’ for the very young children who learn piano the Suzuki way
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First Person
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Are amateur pianists really self-indulged and selfish? Let’s see…
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 14: More on improvising melodies over chord progressions
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Insight
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To that teenager who wants to quit playing the piano: stick with it, say Pianist readers
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Makers & Making
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Considering a digital piano? Take a look at our guide to the latest and greatest models
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duet to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Chopin Prelude, Tchaikovsky’ Russian Song from Children’s Album, a Schumann piano duet, Scott Joplin’s famous ‘The Easy Winners’ and lots more composers
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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The fairytale story of Argentinean pianist Ingrid Fliter, whose life changed dramatically when she won the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award
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Education
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Having small hands shouldn’t limit what you can play. Here’s how to think big
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First Person
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It will be a cold day in a hot place before Martin Prendergast plays from memory again
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 13: More on improvising melodies over chord progressions
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Makers & Making
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The secrets of Yamaha’s Silent Piano, the acoustic piano that can become digital
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Bach Two-Part Invention, a Brahms Intermezzo, Tchaikovsky’s theme from Swan Lake plus works by Gurlitt, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy and more.
Plus, a great modern score: ‘Don’t Know Why’ – the song that made Norah Jones famous!
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Evgeny Kissin explains why he’s not a mystery man and why Chopin is so important to him
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Education
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Getting all tangled up with your pedalling? John York offers excellent suggestions for sorting your right from you left (and using that middle pedal too…)
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First Person
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When they ask you to play a few tunes, should you risk it? Sure, but leave the wine behind
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 12: Improvising over chord progressions
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History
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Felix Mendelssohn celebrates his 200th birthday and the world takes notice – at long last!
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Makers & Making
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A little knowledge is definitely not a dangerous thing when it comes to buying a piano. What you should know before you buy
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Schubert Moment Musical, Debussy’s La Puerta del vino, excerpts from Schumann’s Papillons, a Brahms Waltz for piano duet, plus works by Burgmüller, Mozart, Beethoven and more
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Howard Shelley, they champion of the less-known composers, has a few tricks up his sleeve including a new approach to Schumann’s Piano Concerto.
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Education
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Carol Barratt’s piano tutorials are hugely popular and no wonder, as she works hard to make her music fun as well as instructive.
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Society
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Unplayable (or locked away) pianos, vermin-infested hotels, repertoire mix-ups: a concert pianist’s life certainly isn’t all glitz and glamour.
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First Person
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What’s the right thing to say after the recital is a disaster or the review is really bad?
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 11: Chord charts
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Insight
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Sunwook Kim looks back on the nerves and excitement of his 2006 Leeds Competition victory.
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Makers & Making
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How piano movers handle steep stairs, tights corners and sudden falls.
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include Mozart’s Andante in F, Mendelssohn Song Without Words op 102 no 3, Schubert’s March Militaire, a Bach prelude, plus works by Franck, Debussy, Granados and more.
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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The very opposite of a flash-in-the-pan celebrity, British pianist Imogen Cooper is at last gaining wide recognition for her subtle and elegant playing
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Education
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Hurry up and SLOW DOWN: that’s the message in this issue, where teacher Graham Fitch explains the huge benefits of slow practice
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Society
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Where have all the piano tuners gone? Will they really disappear for good, taking with them the out-of-date instruments they work on? We investigate
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First Person
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Why is learning jazz such hard work? Andy Heslop says bring back the three-chord song!
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 10: Chord charts
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Insight
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Mark Elder talks about conducting the Leeds Competition Finals and guessing who will win
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Makers & Making
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The ‘Inside Story’ series ends with the finish – and it’s much more than shiny black polyester gloss
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include Debussy’s Arabesque No 2, a Mendelssohn piano duet, Scriabin’s Prelude for the Left Hand, plus works by Bach, Haydn, Schumann and more
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Barry Douglas is a Tchaikovsky Competition winner with a much-admired ‘Russian sound’, but his heart belongs to his native Ireland
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Summer Schools
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Our special 6-page section is designed to help you find the summer course that’s right for you – and why a little preparation will make your experience all that much better
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Education
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What’s the best way to improve your fingering skills? Just bring your fourth finger forwards, says John York, who shows you how it’s done
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First Person
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The camera doesn’t lie, and neither does the digital recorder, as Andy Heslop discovers
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Keyboard Class
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Lesson 9: Advanced chord voicings
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Insight
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Why ‘A Tune Full of Succour’ and other pun-inspired headlines go down a treat (well, mostly)
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Makers & Making
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The Inside Story’ series looks at toning, regulation and positioning
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include Burt Bacharach’s ‘Alfie’, a Mendelssohn Song Without Words, a Borodin Intermezzo and Beethoven’s famous ‘Rage over a lost penny’.
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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The free-spirited Kathryn Stott celebrates turning 50 by bringing along musical friends such as Yo-Yo Ma and Piers Lane to join her in concert
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Education
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A good piano teacher can change your life; a bad one can make you want to give up playing for ever. So how do you find the perfect teacher?
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Makers & Making
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Bösendorfer’s glory days were behind it until Yamaha came to its rescue
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First Person
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Can you really learn to play the piano in just 5 minutes a day? Andy Heslop is sceptical
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Makers & Making
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Our ‘Inside Story’ series continues with a look at the piano’s most complicated part – the action
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a short jazz improv piece, a beautiful Debussy prelude, a delightful Chopin Waltz, and The Maiden and the Nightingale by Granados. Lots more to choose from too
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For French pianist François-Frédéric Guy, Beethoven and modern music are equally important. Jessica Duchen speaks to the intelligent and open-minded artist
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Education
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Do you find playing Hanon is a lot like eating fibre: necessary, but oh so tedious? Tim Stein explains how to spice up your Hanon diet
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Makers & Making
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Our series about the piano’s inner working continues with a look at scale design, stringing and dampers. This time Christopher Wood goes all the way to the Schimmel factory in Germany for the information
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On Disc
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Erica Worth chooses the best Rachmaninov concerto recordings from a vast catalogue
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New on the Scene
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We meet Sophie Cashell, the vivacious winner of BBC2’s Classical Star show
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Our series about the piano’s inner working continues with a look at scale design, stringing and dampers. This time Christopher Wood goes all the way to the Schimmel factory in Germany for the information
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a short jazz improv piece, Tchaikovsky’s ‘March’ from The Seasons, a lyrical Mendelssohn Prelude and contemporary composer Ben Solomon’s ‘End of Summer’. Lots more to choose from too.
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Duo Special: It’s all about give and take when it comes to playing in a piano duo. We talk to four top duos to find out what keeps them together, what repertoire they like to play (and what they don’t) and who does the pedalling
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Q&A
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Win the 5-CD set of ‘The Daniel Barenboim Edition’, plus the 2-DVD set of Barenboim playing all the Beethoven piano concertos live
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History
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Critics hated him, but the audiences loved him. Why Rachmaninov, and his music, endures
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Makers & Making
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Our series about the piano’s inner working continues with a look at the structure: rims, frames and wrest planks
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Sheet music highlights
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It’s all about Latin music and the Tumbao in this issue’s lesson
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Insight
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Where can you find Victor Borge, Lang Lang and Oscar Levant in one place? YouTube, of course
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First Person
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Andy Heslop tries to figure out whether maths and music really do go hand in hand
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from solo to duets to jazz. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a short jazz improv piece, a Chopin mazurka, four duets by Schumann and Debussy, plus the Washington & Young classic ‘My Foolish Heart’
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Things just seem to come easy for French pianist Cédric Tiberghien, who believes that ‘curiosity is one of the best qualities a musician can have’
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Q&A
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Finding a teacher or group music class, and why perfect pitch isn’t perfect
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History
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A visit with Monsieur Claude Debussy, whose keyboard works so captivate players and listeners
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Makers & Making
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Our new series about the piano’s inner working launches with a look at the all-important soundboard
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Piano Legends
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The great Alfred Brendel retires this year. Michael Quinn examines his remarkable career
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Summertime continues
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Why a week of intensive piano playing was the holiday from heaven for Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger
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First Person
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Hands up if your hands have minds of their own, as do Andy Heslop’s
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Sheet music highlights
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40 pages of sheet music, from Mendelssohn to Joplin. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Jazz Improv piece, three works by Debussy (for all levels of players) including the wonderful Reverie, a Chopin waltz and a Joplin Rag
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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It's a passion for perfection that drives Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman - and why his audiences delight in his pure-gold tone
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Summertime continues
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We look at the best of this summer's courses, schools and festivals. Do you want to take part? Or just sit back and listen? Plus, editor Erica Worth visits Austria's new fairytale festival
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Piano Legends
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Daniel Barenboim would be a musical titan for his pianism alone, but he is also a conductor, teacher and peacemaker
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First Person
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If we could all become world-beating concert pianists, who will take out the rubbish? Andy Heslop would just like to know
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Q&A
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Questions answered in this issue: Impressionist repertoire, finding a duet partner and why sight-singing is worthwhile
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First Person
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Andy Heslop speaks up for the overlooked - and usually locked up - hotel pianoe
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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'Often I don't feel like I'm working,' claims Olga Kern, the vivacious Russian with a flair for the music of her homeland
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Education
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Can you play the opening of whatever piece you're working on without the music? If not, maybe some tips from the professionals can help in order to help you become great at memorising
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Makers & Making
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It's the piano lover's conundrum - big piano, small living space. Here are some ways to survive and find the right size piano for your home
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First Person
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If we could all become world-beating concert pianists, who will take out the rubbish? Andy Heslop would just like to know
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Q&A
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Developing a rhythmic sense, finding phrases, how to find a good piano stool
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Thanks to his new Debussy series on Chandos, French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's intelligent and fresh music making is gaining an ever-wider circle of admirers
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Education
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Quick! How many sharps in G sharp minor? What's a whole-tone scale? Don't panic, it's only theory and it's here to help
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First Person
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Craving a little live music? Perhaps a keyboard version of Bohemian Rhapsody? Don't ask Andy Heslop. He?s not taking requests
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Q&A
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Coping with performance anxiety, how to enter a music festival, what to expect at a masterclass
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Piano Legends
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Brave, brilliant and fearsomely talented, British pianist John Ogdon would have been 70 this year. Michael Quinn talks to those who knew him best
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Jessica Duchen catches up with the flamboyant London-based Australian pianist Piers Lane. Newly appointed as artistic director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music Festival, he talks of a busy career that is divided between the two opposite ends of the globe.
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Makers & Making
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Discover how Yamaha's sleek new upright piano, the Radius, is made. Erica Worth takes a trip to the Yamaha-Kemble factory in Milton Keynes to watch the whole process, beginning to end.
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Due to popular demand, we are introducing a whole page devoted to sheet music reviews. Here you will be able to read insightful information on the latest sheet music books, reviewed by long-term Pianist contributor Michael McMillan
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Jazz
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Applauded by jazz giants such as Chick Corea and lauded at the BBC's Jazz Awards, Gwilym Simcock is fast establishing his reputation as one of Britain's finest young jazz pianists. In the run-up to the release of his debut disc, he tells Nick Shave how he's finding his own voice - and making it heard.
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Q&A
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Tim Stein continues to offer answers to your piano-playing questions. Topics this issue: highlighting certain notes within a chord (voicing), practising scales, and how to be more methodical about one's practice routine.
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For the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes, life must be pretty close to perfect: he?s got an adoring agent, a devoted record label and a head full of plans that may or may not involve his beloved Grieg.
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Education
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Who said sight-reading can?t be learned? Not American teacher Kenneth Saxon, who shares the concepts that have helped his students develop their sight-reading skills
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First Person
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It's sad but inevitable that once Bach, Beethoven and their mates have come into your life, the charms of your favourite pop tunes fade
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History
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Scriabin's reputation as a one-off, self-absorbed weirdo is not entirely undeserved, but that doesn?t mean you should overlook his gorgeous, powerful music
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Makers & Making
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To Artur Pizarro, Blüthner is the sound of the Golden Age and happily, the Leipzig-based instruments are available to modern players
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Q&A
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Finding the topography of the keyboard, using the pedal and boasting theory knowledge
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CD Reviews
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Top picks this issue include a refreshing Debussy set from Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, hot-weather Ravel from the Labèques and two very different takes on Beethoven from Angela Hewitt and Yves Nat
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40-page pullout section of sheet music ? from Bach to Joplin. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a beautiful Grieg Lyric Piece, a haunting Brahms Ballade, a melting Scriabin Prelude and Scott Joplin?s A Breeze from Alabama
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With his passion for Scarlatti and Medtner, Yevgeny Sudbin is not your stereotypical Russian pianist. Inge Kjemtrup catches up with him.
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Selecting the right edition, improving basic technique and playing extended trills.
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Education
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How one man went from playing concerts to launching his own music school.
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Makers & Making
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When it comes to piano finishes, you can have it in many colours, yet you?ll probably pick black.
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Jazz
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He's been a sideman to Sting, but now Jason Rebello is in the limelight once again.
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CD Reviews
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Top picks this issue include Hamish Milne?s Medtner disc, Arcadi Volodos?s Liszt with a twist, and Alexandre Tharaud?s jewel-like Couperin.
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Sheet music highlights
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Schubert to Scott Joplin. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include Liszt?s famous Lieberstraume No 3, a Weber piano duet and Scott Joplin?s The Strenuous Life (in both Advanced and Simplified versions)
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Tim Stein meets Claire-Marie Le Guay and discovers she?s not only the best-looking French pianist since Hélène Grimaud, but also one of the most talented
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First Person
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Andy Heslop reveals how not to buy a piano!
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Education
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Ready for a career change and thinking of using your musical background? Here?s how to begin
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Q&A
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Questions that are answered in this issue: playing legato with small hands, intermediate Bach pieces, and learning to listen
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Mozart to Scott Joplin. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include three ravishing romantic pieces by MacDowell, Alkan and Sgambati, a famous Brahms intermezzo, plus the famous Entertainer by Scott Joplin
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In 2003 Jamie Cullum’s album Twentysomething went platinum and he became the hottest name in British jazz. Two albums and plenty of tours later, the 27-year-old says he’s much more than just a jazzer
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Some of the questions that are answered in this issue: How to develop aural skills, deciding when to play repeats and achieving a jeu perle playing style
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Tchaikovsky to Ellington. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a delightful Beethoven dance, a small Mozart piece, a beautiful Lyadov prelude, Schubert’s Moment Musical No 4, a Debussy piano duet and Duke Ellington’s Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
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The Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro loves the concert platform as much as the studio, and Ravel as much as Debussy – as his new projects attest
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Makers & Making
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European components and design, but made in China: that’s the formula of the two-year-old Brodmann Piano Company
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Education
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Is that piano exam looming in the distance? Does it fill you with fear and dread? Don’t panic, just follow these sensible exam preparation tips and you actually enjoy the exam experience (and get a Distinction too!)
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Q&A
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Tim Stein answers several of your piano playing questions. In this issue: Strengthening the left hand, finding a piano’s ‘biting point’ and more
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Jazz
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Listen closely to Nina Simone’s eloquent playing and you’ll find more than a trace of her classical training
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Sheet music highlights
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Scriabin to Jerome Kern. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a delightful Schubert German dance, a Scarlatti sonata, a poignant Scriabin short work, a Bizet piano duet, and Jerome Kern’s masterpiece Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
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The Singapore-born pianist Melvyn Tan explains why he is turning away from the fortepiano, the instrument that brought him fame
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Makers & Making
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Looking for a piano that’s not like the others? A Kemble & Co limited edition might be what you’re after
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Schumann to Elton John. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a delightful Mozart Minuet, a gripping Bach Prelude, a beautiful Brahms Intermezzo, a stormy Mozart Sonata, and Elton John’s ‘Blue Eyes’
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Cristina Ortiz won the 1969 Van Cliburn, which led to memorable recordings for EMI and an extraordinary career. The Brazilian legend talks to Bryce Morrison
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How do you find the right tempo for any given piece? Tim Stein offers some tips
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Makers & Making
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The player piano may be dead, but there are electronic devices that can still control the keys – and even record and play back your performances. Inge Kjemtrup looks at such playback systems as PianoDisc, Yamaha’s Disklavier and more
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Sheet music highlights
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Mozart to The Eagles. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Beethoven bagatelle, the famous Cesar Franck violin sonata (with playback), a Debussy prelude and The Eagles ‘Hotel California’
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With an impressive catalogue of highly praised recordings of everything from Brahms to Balakirev, it’s no wonder Russian pianist Oleg Marshev seems so relaxed
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Education
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Why it’s time to toss your metronome out the window when looking for the right tempo. For starters, the great players of the past were not slaves to their metronomes. Part One of a series
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Makers & Making
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Young Chang, one of South Korea’s top makers, re-emerges from a difficult period – still making its well-priced, well-made range of mellow-sounding pianos
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Piano Legends
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Who were the great virtuosos? We look at Paderewski, Horowitz and Rachmaninov and other titans from the golden age of pianism
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Jazz
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‘You don’t have to make a distinction between jazz and classical music,’ insists top British pianist Julian Joseph, whose own career makes this fact crystal clear
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Chopin to Joplin. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Schumann piece from Album Leaves, a Brahms waltz, a Schubert piano duet, a Chopin prelude and Scott Joplin’s ‘Maple Leaf Rag’
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Joanna MacGregor explains why she is a musician first and a pianist second, and why she’s always ready to try something new
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Lost Worlds – tired of the same old pieces from the same old composers? We show how to introduce some variety into your musical diet
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Makers & Making
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Room-sized pianos, two-keyboard grands and pedalboard attachments are all recent innovations in piano design. Part II of our series
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Jazz
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Hot American player Brad Mehldau has a new disc from his trio, and mixes it up with soprano Renée Fleming
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from Purcell to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include a Bach Two-Part Invention, an Albeniz Tango, Mendelssohn’s Song Without Words op 102 no 4, and Duke Ellington’s ‘I’m Beginning to See the Light’
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‘So many things happen for a reason,’ says Lucy Parham, who emerged into the spotlight at the 1984 BBC Young Musician of the Year. Her love of Schumann is the reason behind her new recording and a festival she’s just launched in London
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A fresh look at Schumann’s music that shows it is neither terrifically daunting nor tepidly dull but worthy of adding to your repertoire
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Makers & Making
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Fold-away keyboards, curved keyboards, pianos that turn into tables: there’s no reason that the piano can’t be reengineered – and maybe even improved
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Approximately 40 pages of sheet music, from J S Bach to Cole Porter. Scores are graded by ability, from beginner to advanced level. All the pieces of music are featured on the free tutorial CD. Highlights include Schumann’s ‘Traumerei’, a Mozart minuet, a Grieg Lyric Piece and Cole Porter’s ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’
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Simon Trpceski’s original and engaging playing style garned him a second – though some say it should have been first – at the 2000 World Piano Competition and continues to win him new admirers. He talks to Jessica Duchen
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Education
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Farewell and good riddance to the self-effacing accompanist! Today’s accompanists are equal collaborators who even initiate projects of their own
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Financial chaos, two world wars and powerful competition from the Far East:
Grotrian-Steinweg, one of Germany’s finest makers, has endured it all
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Highlights include a Scriabin prelude, a Mozart sonata, Mendelssohn’s Variations sérieuses (excerpts), Saint-Saëns’ ‘The Swan’ for cello and piano and Duke Ellington’s ‘Caravan’
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At the keyboard, he’s speedy and skilful, mastering such challenges as the Chopin/Godowsky transcriptions, but in person Boris Berezovsky is one relaxed Russian. From his new home in Brussels, he talks to Tim Stein
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Education
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Don’t let your left hand be left behind. Concert pianist Margaret Fingerhut offers techniques and repertoire for successful left-handed playing
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Makers & Making
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If the shops on New York City’s Piano Row don’t have it, you probably don’t want it
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History
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Girls just want to have fun, but sometimes they also want to compose music. A look at some first-rate piano music written by the second sex
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Piano Legends
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What becomes a legend most? How about playing with grace and finesse at age 90? Meet the amazing Earl Wild
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Classical pieces by Mozart, Schubert, Handel, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Scriabin and more – plus Saint-Saën’s The Swan for cello and piano. And some modern scores too – Duke Ellington’s Caravan and the theme from The Godfather.
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Behind the TV presenter and friend of celebrities image, British blues icon Jools Holland is an accomplished pianist who’s delighted when someone recognises his playing
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Education
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When it comes to playing jazz, is your theme song I Can’t Get Started? Time to change your tune by joining a jazz course or workshop
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My pianos are about the future,’ says Wayne Stuart, founder of Stuart & Sons, the Australian company that’s shaking up the staid world of piano design
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Great classical pieces by Couperin, CPE Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy and more – plus a Schubert duet for four hands. And some modern scores too, which include Climb Ev’ry Mountain, Johnny B Goode and Wake Up Little Susie
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Marc-André Hamelin made his name as a champion of such less-played composers as Alkan and Medtner. The enthusiastic French Canadian says he can play mainstream too!
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Education
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The competitive yet friendly environment of a music festival is a great place to improve your playing. We tell you how to get involved
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Makers & Making
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Proudly made in Japan, Kawai’s instruments are winning fans in Europe and North America for their warm sound (and the company’s quality reputation)
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Jazz
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Abdullah Ibrahim fuses bebop and the township beats of his South African homeland, creating music that is both deeply spiritual and highly personal
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Great classical pieces by Clementi, Grieg, Schubert, Scriabin, Brahms and more – plus the slow movement from a Keyboard Concerto by JS Bach. And some modern scores too, which include Oh Happy Day and I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
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Nothing scares British pianist Steven Osborne. He’s not afraid of improvising, talking to audiences, playing all of the Tippett piano sonatas, or even admitting his fondness for The Simpsons
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Education
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Pianist highlights some of the practical warm-up exercises devised by the great pianist and teacher Alfred Cortot, who used Chopin as his inspiration
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Makers & Making
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Karaoke, bouncing balls, touch screens and progressive hammer action – Roland’s digital piano line-up has lots to offer advanced players as well as beginners
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History
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Too long dismissed as a remnant of the Victorian age, the piano transcription has been dusted off and brought gloriously back into use by some of today’s finest virtuosos
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Jazz
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What makes Herbie Hancock tick? It might just be an openness to fresh ideas that has kept the composer of Watermelon Man going strong for more than 40 years
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Great classical pieces by Scarlatti, Mozart, Liszt, Schumann, Czerny, Chopin and more – plus a piano duet (piano four hands) by Arensky. And some modern scores too, which include Summertime and Heartbreak Hotel
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Just because Hélène Grimaud is gorgeous, it doesn’t mean she’s resting on her laurels. We meet the French pianist who has just recorded Chopin for the first time
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Chamber music is not the exclusive preserve of professional musicians. If you ever fancied playing duos or trios, our guide will tell you how to get started
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Is your piano in desperate need of repair? We explain what you should expect when your piano goes in for reconditioning or rebuilding
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Great classical pieces by Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven and more – plus the slow movement from Chopin’s lyrical Piano Concerto No 1. And some modern scores too, which include How Deep is Your Love and Strangers in the Night
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Lang Lang - With mentors such as Barenboim, this talented young Chinese pianist is well on his way from prodigy to established artist
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Education
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Graded Examinations – finding out what level you are as a pianist should be easy; after all, that’s what exams are for. But it may not be that cut and dried
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Makers & Making
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Pearl River – the fast-growing, high quality Chinese instrument maker
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Jazz
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Carla Bley – although she’s the creative mind behind several groundbreaking albums, she hates practising every day
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Mozart minuet, Bach Prelude in C minor, Grieg Lyric piece, Liszt Piano Concerto No 1, Schumann Fantasiestucke, theme from Love Story, Duke Ellington’s Solitude, Charles Aznavour’s She and much much more...
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Angela Hewitt - she’s the world's favourite Bach pianist at the moment, but there's much more to her than preludes and fugues
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Education
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Music Editions – When it comes editions of standard works, consumers are faced with a bewildering choice of texts. Here is a guide to music editions
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Makers & Making
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Yamaha Digital Pianos – we look at the Yamaha range
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History
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Beethoven and his Piano Sonatas – why are they so popular with the amateur and professional pianist alike
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Slow movement from Beethoven’s ‘Pathétique’ Sonata, a Bach minuet, a Schubert waltz, Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5 for piano duet. The modern pieces include The Girl from Ipanema, Your Song and Erroll Garner’s Misty
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Daniel Barenboim - pianist, conductor, chamber musician and champion of world piece, Barenboim tells Pianist why he is returning to Bach’s masterpieces
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Education
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Music and the Brain – scientific studies are confirming that playing music keeps the mind supple, and may even stave off dementia
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Makers & Making
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Steinway New York/Steinway Hamburg – same brand, different origin. We compare and contrast the two Steinways
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Piano Legends
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Carl Czerny – why there’s so much more to this composer than those endless volumes of technical exercises
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Great classical pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Brahms, plus Debussy’s beautiful Arabesque No 1. And some modern scores too, which include My Way and Over the Rainbow
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Noriko Ogawa - from third place at the Leeds Competition to highly praised Debussy recordings, Ogawa’s career is really going places. She enjoys every moment too
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Education
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Music Software – a short overview of music notation programs for your computer
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Makers & Making
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Designer Pianos – tired of the same old keyboard design? Longing for something a little flashy? Come with us and journey to the land of the truly wacky piano
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History
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Liszt – the life and works of a musical sex symbol
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Classical pieces by such composers as Schubert, Schumann,Liszt and Mozart’s famous Rondo alla Turca. Plus modern pieces which include The Beatles hit Let It Be and Ray Charles’ Georgia on My Mind
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Paul Lewis - his open, expressive playing delights audiences and critics alike. Meet the dashing British pianist whose career is soaring ever upwards
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Education
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Studying Abroad – dreaming of studying music in a foreign land? Before you pack your bags, read these words from those who have been there
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Makers & Making
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Bechstein – why these instruments are known as ‘the pianos that sing’
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Piano Legends
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Benno Moiseiwitsch
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Pieces for all levels by Czerny, Brahms, Chabrier, Hummel and Mozart. Plus a range of modern pieces including Thelonious Monk’s Well, You Needn’t and A Man and A Woman
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Nikolai Luganksy - what’s next for this globe-trotting Russian superstar
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Education
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The World Wide Web – what would we do without the internet? Here’s a handy guide to some of the best music websites
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Makers & Making
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Pleyel – having survived some difficult decades, Chopin’s piano of choice is enjoying a modern revival. Hiring a Piano – more than a stop-gap measure
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History
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Bach, Handel and Scarlatti are a few of the bewigged musical geniuses of the Baroque, the glorious age when keyboard art first took definite shape
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Great piano pieces by Franck, Couperin, Bach, Schubert and Haydn, and the slow movement from a Mozart concerto. Plus modern pieces that include Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Memory and Thelonious Monk’s ‘Round Midnight
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Stephen Hough - this British pianist produces one award-winning CD after another, maintains a frantic performing schedule and even finds time to write compositions
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Education
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Piano Exams – if memories of exams give you nightmares, you’ll be pleased to learn that the whole process has been updated to a more ‘customer-friendly’ approach
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Steingraeber & Söhne – from a Bayreuth workshop, this German maker has been building the extraordinary handcrafted instruments admired by Liszt and Wagner
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Jazz
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Oscar Peterson – it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got the versatile Peterson serving up the keyboard swing
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Piano pieces by Pachelbel, Beethoven, Chopin, Pleyel and Haydn. Plus modern works including Edith Piaf’s La Vie en Rose and Fats Waller’s Honeysuckle Rose
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Stephen Kovacevich - after 40 years in the spotlight, his pianism still retains that edge-of-the-seat excitement
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Education
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Piano Exercises – are studies and exercises really necessary? We consider the pros and cons
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Makers & Making
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Petrof – Emperors and Communists come and go, but the Czech firm Petrof keeps producing mellow-toned pianos. Pianolas – their charms are being rediscovered
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History
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Russian Music – shaped by the conflict between nationalism and a fascination with the West, Russian music ( the keyboard repertoire) has an unmistakable character
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Schubert sonata, Debussy Children’s Corner Suite, Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the slow movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. Plus modern pieces which include I Wanna be Loved by You and King Porter Stomp
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard - he’s known for his Ligeti, but his explorations of Mozart and Beethoven are something new and challenging
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Education
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Adult Beginners – what level of playing fluency can you aspire to as an adult beginner?
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Makers & Making
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Kemble & Co – UK piano makers are suffering, but the British maker Kemble & Co is still very much in business, thank you. Piano Auctions – finding a bargain
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History
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Dangerous Liaisons – the love triangle of Robert Schumann, his wife Clara and the young Johannes Brahms
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Classical works by Schumann, Bach, Chopin, Brahms and Mozart. Plus modern pieces which include Singin’ in the Rain, Hello, Dolly! and Ben E King’s Stand by Me
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Maria-Joao Pires - her fiery and intense playing draws praise from all over the world
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Education
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The Perfect Teacher – a good piano teacher can make all the difference. Here’s a guide to finding the one for you
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Makers & Making
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Sauter – two centuries of tradition go into each hand-crafter Sauter piano
Second-Hand Pianos – how to buy one
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CD Reviews
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Pages and pages of reviews of new piano releases
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Classical pieces by Bach, Granados, Rameau, Beethoven and Schumann. Plus modern pieces which include the theme from the film The Piano and Duke Ellington’s Satin Doll
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Jean-Yves Thibaudet - Pianist speaks to the flambuoyant French star
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Education
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Piano Instruction Books – we sort through the many books on offer and select some of the best
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Makers & Making
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Schimmel – always an innovator, the Schimmel Piano Company introduces a new model that balances quality and price; Piano Tuners – secrets of this valuable trade
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Keith Jarrett – serious illness almost stopped his free flow, but he has successfully bounded back
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Scriabin Mazurka, Field Nocturne, Schubert Dance, Beethoven Sonatina. Plus modern pieces which include Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag and Nina Simone’s My Baby Just Cares for You
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Vladimir Ashkenazy - tells Pianist how he balances playing with conducting
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Education
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Practising doesn’t have to be misery – here’s how to make the most of your time
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Bill Evans – his moody style influenced many jazz pianists
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History
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Minimalism – the music of such composers as Philip Glass has become hugely
popular
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Solo pieces by Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Albeniz, and a concerto by Haydn.
Plus three modern pieces including Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive
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András Schiff - speaks about his career and his plans to tackle the Beethoven sonatas
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Education
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Programming – finding the right balance for a recital programme is a challenge to every player. We offer some suggestions from the professionals
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Makers & Making
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Bösendorfer – the long and noble history of Vienna’s piano maker
The Left-Handed Piano – an instrument designed specifically for left-handed players
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History
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The Classical Period – how Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven defined Classical style
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Clementi Sonatina, Liszt Consolation, Alkan Love Letter, Bach Gigue. Plus modern pieces which include a Gershwin-style jazz tune
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Two sisters, two distinct personalities - the Labèque Sisters are the world’s most famous piano duo
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Makers & Making
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The piano took shape in Chopin’s time. But what would he have wanted as his ideal instrument
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Education
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How piano teachers make the most of Chopin’s music
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CD Reviews
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Pianist selects the best of Chopin on disc
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Three waltzes, two nocturnes, a prelude, a polonaise, the Funeral March from Sonata No 2 and the slow movement from Chopin’s Piano Concerto No 2
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Two sisters, two distinct personalities - the Labèque Sisters are the world’s most famous piano duo
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Education
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Can playing along to a recording improve your practise
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Makers & Making
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Blüthner – the maker that endured war and adversity to create some of today’s best pianos
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Jazz
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Sir Duke – the life and times of Duke Ellington
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Liszt Liebestraum, Debussy La fille aux cheveux de lin, Bach minuet, Mozart minuet. Plus four modern pieces including a jazz piece in the style of Dave Brubeck
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Evgeny Kissin - a profile of the Russian genius
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Education
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Taking the Reins – learning how to improvise
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Makers & Making
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Roland – inside the digital piano leader
Piano Transport – the ups and downs of piano removals
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History
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Norway’s Greatest – Edvard Grieg
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Brahms Lullaby, Greensleeves, Beethoven ‘Pathetique’ Sonata, Grieg Piano Concerto. Plus four modern pieces including Stevie Wonder’s You are the Sunshine of my Life
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The Magic of Mitsuko- Uchida’s enchanted world
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Education
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Summer schools
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Makers & Making
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Plug-in Power – an introduction to digital pianos
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History
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Rachmaninov – reassessing a complex genius
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Piano Legends
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Edwin Fischer – an inner glow
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Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee, Mozart Rondo, Brahms Intermezzo, Beethoven German Dance, and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto. Plus four modern pieces including Paul Simon’s Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Wayne’s World - portrait of cool British pianist Wayne Marshall
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Education
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The Sure Touch – beating stage fright
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Makers & Making
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Kawai – inside the atelier of a Japanese giant
Size Matters ¬– grand or upright? We measure the arguments
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Piano Legends
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Gyorgy Cziffra – a heart aflame
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Chopin waltz, Borodin Polovtsian Dances, Liszt Consolation, Grieg’s Holberg Suite and a Bach concerto. Plus four modern pieces including Billy Joel’s Honesty
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Born Free - the power and passion of Hélène Grimaud
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Education
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Body and Soul – a look at the Alexander Technique
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Makers & Making
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Steinway – king if the keys
Restoration Drama – meeting a piano restorer
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History
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Impressionism
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Sheet music highlights
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Scarlatti sonata, Mendelssohn Song without Words, a Bach Invention and the Franck Sonata for piano and violin. Plus four modern pieces including Elton John’s Candle in the Wind
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Highlights
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Portrait of the Polish piano perfectionist, Piotr Anderszewski
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Education
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Across the Spectrum – graded travels through new music
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Makers & Making
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Yamaha – the rise and rise of the Japanese maker
Piano Paradise – visiting the Finchcocks Museum in the UK
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History
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The piano in the 20th Century
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Sheet music highlights
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Pachelbel’s Canon, Debussy’s Le Petit Negre, Schumann Piano Concerto. Plus four modern pieces including Imagine by John Lennon
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Highlights
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Exclusive Cover Interview
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Portrait of the Norway’s Leif Ove Andsnes, who is taking the piano world by storm
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Education
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Not Just Black and White – famous pianists on their formative influences plus a guide to finding the right teacher
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Makers & Making
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Fazioli – the Ferrari of the keyboard
Life on the Edge: an insight into the fascinating world of piano technicians
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History
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The piano’s place in the German Romantic repertoire
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Sheet music highlights
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Beethoven’s Für Elise, Beethoven ‘Moonlight’ Sonata and a Brahms Hungarian dance. Plus four modern pieces including Paolo Conte’s Via con me
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