Intermediate Piano Lessons
Get stuck into our huge selection of intermediate-level piano lessons, including masterclasses from internationally acclaimed professional pianists.
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Graham Fitch
The pianist, teacher, writer and adjudicator gives masterclasses and workshops on piano playing internationally. He is also in high demand as a private teacher in London. You can watch Graham's beginner lessons here.
Graham gives piano lessons on:
✔ How to avoid tension in your playing
✔ Correct ways to use the metronome
✔ Useful exercises for weaker fingers
✔ How to start learning a new piece
✔ Organising practice time part 1
✔ Organising practice time part 2
✔ Practice ideas for our pieces part 1
✔ Practice ideas for our pieces part 2
✔ The 20-minute practice session
✔ How to read beyond the notes
✔ Using transposition in piano practice
✔ Improving your left hand playing
✔ How to choose your fingering
✔ Musicianship: the meaning behind the music
✔ Creative ways to practise scales
✔ How to improve your arpeggio technique
✔ How to create a beautiful tone
✔ How to perfect your legato fingering
Graham gives further in-depth masterclasses inside each issue of Pianist. Why not try out our FREE sample issue?
Noriko Ogawa
The internationally acclaimed pianist’s career kicked off back in 1987 when she claimed third prize at the Leeds International Piano Competition. She has since performed around the globe with a number of major European, Japanese and US Orchestras, and released over 30 recordings.
Above, she gives masterclasses on:
✔ Chopin’s ‘Minute’ Waltz Op 64 No 1
✔ Erik Satie’s ‘Le Piccadilly’
✔ Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No 5 (duet)
Martin James Bartlett
Warner Classics artist and 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett appeared on the cover of issue 109 of Pianist back in 2019.
Above, he gives masterclasses on:
Emmanuel Despax
A true professional, Frenchman Emmanuel Despax has had a remarkable career to date. Highlights include two critically acclaimed tours of New Zealand, performances with the Birmingham Symphony and BBC Symphony Orchestras, and a handful of successful album releases.
He gives one in-depth masterclass above on Chopin’s Préludes Op 28.
Pavel Kolesnikov
The Russian pianist appeared on the cover of issue 103 of Pianist. He is highly respected among piano critics, consistently gaining 4- and 5-star reviews on new releases. He won the prestigious Honens International Piano Competition back in 2012 and has performed at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Paris’s the Louvre, and Berlin’s Konzerthaus.
He gives one in-depth masterclass above on the Chopin Impromptus.
