Tag: Pianist
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William Bracken: Taming the Turangalîla
An interview with pianist William Bracken in which he talks about Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony and his experience of learning it.
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Clare Hammond on “Ghosts and Whispers”
Clare Hammond talks about teaming up with composer John Woolrich and filmmakers the Quay Brothers in their grand multimedia project with sinister undertones, “Ghosts and Whispers”.
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Noriko Ogawa and Katya Apekisheva at the London Piano Festival 2022
Played together as sets, the preludes give the audience short and sweet musical vignettes to bring home in their memories as inspirational souvenirs.
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London Piano Festival 2022: Schubertiade
There were a lot of crossing and joining of hands tonight, and even some crossing of feet, at the Schubertiade of the London Piano Festival
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Tamara Stefanovich at the London Piano Festival 2022
Watching one of Tamara’s recital is like watching an entire series of Breaking Bad; it all makes sense but the ending is the furthest thing you can imagine happening from the first note she plays.
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My Final Recital Programme Notes
I often find programme notes at concerts to be dreadfully dull with their objective, third-person description of instrumentations and key changes, so I am going to offer you perfectly biased opinions of the pieces I am going to play / am playing / have just played
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Igor Levit’s Masterclass at the Royal Academy of Music
It’s only April but I have decided that one of my greatest musical regrets in 2022 will certainly be missing Igor Levit’s Wigmore recital
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Observations of a Celestial in an Orchestra
Who knew banging out F-sharp crotchet beats would be so difficult?
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Yoav Levanon’s UK Debut Recital
Serious déjà vu last night when Franz Liszt took leave of his grave to perform a stunning recital for us in the form of a young Israeli pianist called Yoav Levanon.
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Tamara Stefanovich’s 20 Sonatas at Southbank Centre
Went to see Tamara Stefanovich play her marathon of 20 sonatas today, what an incredible experience. She played 20 sonatas from across the history of the sonata form, mixing Scarlatti with Hindemith, Soler with Ustvolskaya to create the most amazing cocktail of classical music I have ever tasted! She divided the sonatas into three recitals…
Literally Left-handed 