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The sensitive and imaginative Canadian pianist Louis Lortie adorns our cover. Last November he performed all of Chopin’s Etudes, one after another, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. He talks to David Nice about these tricky and extremely important studies, and about Chopin in general. A perfect way to celebrate Chopin’s 200th anniversary year!
As a contrast to Chopin, we feature a lengthy article on the more ‘off-the-beaten-track’ romantic composers. With the British record label Hyperion Records having reached its 50th release from its Romantic Piano Concerto series this May, we speak to the professionals about some overlooked masters of piano composition
Let’s imagine you’ve won the lottery or have been given a good £10,000 to spend on a piano. What can you get for the money? Gez Kahan talks us through the market, from Kawais to Steinways and from uprights to grands
Dame Fanny Waterman’s series on the fundamentals of piano technique continues with Chapter 4: more on ornaments, plus pedalling exercises
What’s our obsession with technique and trying to play as quickly as possible? Martin Prendergast questions whether we’re too obsessed with our fingers and not enough obsessed with the actual music
We present the best of summer courses and workshops – in the UK, France, the USA and elsewhere – for you to prepare for, where you actually take part in the music making – learning, improving, and playing with other like-minded pianophiles
Marius Dawn rounds up the most recent CD releases for review, looking at the more unknown (but beautiful) piano concerto repertoire. Michael McMillan looks at some new sheet music publications: Haydn’s easiest sonatas from Wiener Urtext Edition, Recital Showstoppers from Alfred Publishing, The Essential Blues & Ragtime Collection from Faber Music, and a collection of Satie from Schott
As usual, 40 pages of sheet music, from easy to advanced. All scores as usual featured on our free covermount CD. And there’s Keyboard Class too, where David Cash continues to help readers play in a ragtime style
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As usual, 40 pages of sheet music, from easy to advanced. All scores as usual featured on our free covermount CD. And there’s Keyboard Class too, where David Cash continues to help readers play in a ragtime style …
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