International Piano Magazine

17/06/2024

🎹 We sat down with pianist, Amiri Harewood as he spoke to us about his latest signing to YCAT, his love of Beethoven and discovering The Smiths.

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13/06/2024

🎶 What sets NIPC apart? Our commitment to pushing the boundaries of classical music. As part of our competition, we proudly present a unique commissioned composition crafted exclusively for this event. This isn't just any piece – it's a masterpiece waiting for your interpretation, your passion, and your artistry to bring it to life.

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13/06/2024

33 competitors. 11 countries. 1 winner. Two weeks of intense competition. International pianists vying for their share of $108,000 in prizes and the title of the next Bachauer Gold Medalist. Streaming live and on demand, June 16-29. Bachauer.com.

Watch online: https://www.youtube.com/c/GinaBachauerInternationalFoundation

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29/05/2024

🌞 The Summer issue of International Piano is graced by the British pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen, who has recorded an album of keyboard music written in the shadow of the Reformation, by John Bull, William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons. She talks to Jessica Duchen about the appeal of this Elizabethan music and playing it on a modern piano.

🎹 In other features this month, Mark Ainley celebrates the playing of Benno Moiseiwitsch, one of the greats of 20th-century pianism, while Kenneth Hamilton discusses the original context of a little-played opera fantasy by Liszt, on Meyerbeer’s Robert le diable. In his series on great Russian pianists from the Soviet era, Farhan Malik introduces the life and work of Grigory Ginzburg. The Dutch pianist Daan Vandewalle introduces his new recording of Sorabji’s Opus clavicembalisticum and discusses the unique aesthetic of this gargantuan work and its specific challenges. In this issue’s Repertoire Guide Ateş Orga offers a magisterial survey of the recorded history of Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli, the sun-drenched appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage, and recommends his favourite versions.

🎹 As always, that’s not all. Murray McLachlan continues his series of articles exploring different facets of piano technique, aimed at pianists of all levels, with a practical guide to playing trills in their varying contexts. Bryce Morrison’s latest ‘Polarising Pianist’ – one whose playing divides opinion – alights on the provocative pianism of Alexis Weissenberg.

✍️ Our reviews coverage continues to grow, and this issue introduces a new regular round-up from Nigel Simeone, which enhances our extensive coverage of new recordings by among others Yuja Wang, Yunchan Lim, Nelson Goerner, Piers Lane and Paul Wee.

🗽 We also have live reviews from New York and London. Finally, this issue’s ‘Music of my Life’ features Markus Becker, who introduces recordings that are of special personal significance.

10/04/2024

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19/03/2024

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s (RCS) Piano Summer School is for young pianists aged 12-17 years, Grade 8+, who want to learn about performance and practice technique. Led by RCS Head of Keyboard, Aaron Shorr and Associate Head of Keyboard Professor, Fali Pavri, participants can expect a busy schedule of one-to-one lessons, masterclasses and a final performance.
Participants can also compete in the Scottish International Youth Piano Competition (26 July).

Be an early bird and save 10% when you book before the 20th April using promo code: SS:EB24

📅 RCS Piano Summer School: Tues 23 - Thurs 25 July

Find out more: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/short-courses/piano-competition/

15/03/2024

Introducing Burkard Schliessmann's groundbreaking project "Fantasies," capturing Schumann's inner world. Recorded at Berlin's Teldex Studios with Dolby Atmos technology, Schliessmann explores Schumann's compositions, including an alternative interpretation of Fantasiestücke Op. 12. This landmark release pushes expressive boundaries, a must-have for piano aficionados.

Find out more: https://divineartrecords.com/recording/robert-schumann-fantasies-burkard-schliessmann/

Read the International Piano article: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/features/article/burkard-schliessmann-robert-schumann-s-poetics

14/03/2024

Is the piano world inherently sexist?

Following the Leeds International Piano Competition’s introduction of steps to remove unconscious bias from its selection process, Charlotte Gardner reflects on some of the issues...

‘Something is going on with women and piano performance. Sexism, historic or current, will be part of it, but it feels more complicated than that’

13/03/2024

The nuts and bolts of piano technique – Part 1: Octaves

A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards, written for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards, written for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

13/03/2024

Having recorded an album of transcriptions from Wagner’s greatest operas, Nikolai Lugansky talks to Tim Parry about his relationship with music that gripped him as a teenager and won’t let go...

Having recorded an album of transcriptions from Wagner’s greatest operas, Nikolai Lugansky talks to Tim Parry about his relationship with music that gripped him as a teenager and won’t let go

13/03/2024

Myra Hess: beyond the blitz...

Bryce Morrison reassesses the legacy of Dame Myra Hess, renowned for her morale-boosting wartime concerts at the National Gallery in London, who struck some listeners more for her refinement than her temperament

Bryce Morrison reassesses the legacy of Dame Myra Hess, renowned for her morale-boosting wartime concerts at the National Gallery in London, who struck some listeners more for her refinement than her temperament

11/03/2024

A live wire buzzing with excitement and ideas, Tiffany P**n talks to Jeremy Nicholas about identifying with the twin sides of Schumann’s personality, and empathising with a creative temperament that threaded two opposing alter egos through his music...

A live wire buzzing with excitement and ideas, Tiffany P**n talks to Jeremy Nicholas about identifying with the twin sides of Schumann’s personality, and empathising with a creative temperament that threaded two opposing alter egos through his music

08/03/2024

The Spring 2024 issue of International Piano is out now! 🎹

The cover of the Spring issue features the Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, who has recorded an outstanding album of Wagner transcriptions. International Piano’s editor Tim Parry talks to him about his deep love of Wagner and making his own spectacular arrangements of scenes from Götterdämmerung.

In other features this month, Mark Ainley explores the legacy of Carl Friedberg, a fascinating pianist who studied with Clara Schumann, and Bryce Morrison considers the artistry of Dame Myra Hess, best known for her wartime performances at the National Gallery.

Kenneth Hamilton begins a thoughtful and entertaining new column for IP by asking whether pianists play new music to the same standard as they do old. Farhan Malik continues his series on great Russian pianists with an absorbing overview of the life and work of Samuil Feinberg, while the young British pianist Tyler Hay introduces his new album of nocturnes by John Field.

Subscribe today to receive your copy: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/news/article/introducing-the-spring-2024-issue-of-international-piano-featuring-nikolai-lugansky

02/02/2024

Watch performances from the 2024 The Gurwitz International Piano Competition on the International Piano website, featuring an exciting lineup of competitors from the USA, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Russia

Enjoy this year's Gurwitz International Piano Competition live from San Antonio

17/01/2024

The Chair of the Jury Noriko Ogawa introduces the prestigious Hamamatsu International Piano Competition

Join us at Kings Place in London for a special Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Showcase

https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/features/article/the-chair-of-the-jury-noriko-ogawa-introduces-the-prestigious-hamamatsu-international-piano

Join us at Kings Place in London for a special Hamamatsu International Piano Competition Showcase

10/01/2024

Happy New Year from International Piano! 🎉

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09/01/2024

Javier Perianes has recorded one of the pinnacles of Spanish piano music, Granados’s Goyescas. He talks to Jessica Duchen about playing this evocative and demanding music and following in the footsteps of Alicia de Larrocha...

Javier Perianes has recorded one of the pinnacles of Spanish piano music, Granados’s Goyescas. He talks to Jessica Duchen about playing this evocative and demanding music and following in the footsteps of Alicia de Larrocha

08/01/2024

Karol composed Prelude No. 8, Op. 1 when only 14 years old.

Have a glimpse.

Hear the sound.

DISCOVER SZYMANOWSKI

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland as part of the „Inspiring Culture" programme.

https://soundsofpoland.com/karol-szymanowski/

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

06/01/2024

Discover Karol Szymanowski and his music with PWM Edition’s latest project Sounds of Poland and four short films featuring outstanding classical music artists and journalists.

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland as part of the „Inspiring Culture" programme.

https://soundsofpoland.com/

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

04/01/2024

Preludes, Métopes, Masques, Mazurkas.

All from One.

Discover Karol Szymanowski and his music with PWM Edition’s latest project Sounds of Poland.

Project co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland as part of the "Inspiring Culture" programme.

www.soundsofpoland.com

Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne

03/01/2024

The January/February 2024 issue of International Piano is out now!

The cover of this issue features the Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov, whose album ‘Shadows of My Ancestors’ is out in January. Michelle Assay talks to him about dividing his life between Uzbekistan and the United States and combining music by Ravel and Prokofiev with the 1973 work The Walls of Ancient Bukhara by the Uzbek composer Dilorom Saidaminova on his highly personal new album.

Subscribe today to receive your copy: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/news/article/international-piano-introducing-the-january-february-2024-issue-featuring-behzod-abduraimov

06/12/2023

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29/11/2023

Grand Piano Records introduces a new album of piano works by Ni**od Borenstein. Borenstein’s music has become ever more prominent and popular in recent years and these world premiere recordings are expertly performed by Tra Nguyen. 🎹

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28/11/2023

Sir Stephen Hough will give the world premiere of his own Piano Concerto, The World of Yesterday, in Utah in January, with the Utah Symphony and Sir Donald Runnicles

Pianist and composer Sir Stephen Hough will unveil his new Piano Concerto, The World of Yesterday, in a world premiere performance with the Utah Symphony Orchestra in January

27/11/2023

Our Recording of the Month is Bruce Liu's 'Waves' 🎹

Following his triumph in Warsaw’s 2021 International Chopin Competition, Liu makes his debut studio recording on Deutsche Grammophon - DG with a recital devoted to French music. Read our full review: https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/review/article/bruce-liu-waves

24/11/2023

The December issue of International Piano is out now!

Our cover features the Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, whose recording of Granados’s masterpiece Goyescas is released this month. He discusses the pleasures and the challenges of this colourful music, and about following in the footsteps of perhaps the greatest Spanish pianist of them all, Alicia de Larrocha.

Javier Perianes: the pleasures and challenges of playing Granados’s Goyescas | Berg’s Piano Sonata, Op 1: tracing the work’s history on record from Gould to Goodyear | Alkan: Mark Viner explores the varied music of a French eccentric