International Piano

International Piano offers a rich mix of inspiration and guidance to pianists and piano fans around the world, from dedicated amateurs and students to professional pianists, teachers and aficionados. Celebrating the piano in all its forms, including the fortepiano and digital keyboards, each edition of our magazine is packed with interviews, features, news and reviews showcasing the top artists of today and yesteryear.

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International Piano meets Boris Giltburg

Major label moves

Competitors announced for Leeds

Giorgi Gigashvili wins Terence Judd-Hallé Award

Pianists at the Proms

Kathleen Ferrier Awards

Amateur Instrumentalists in Paris

Eugen Indjic dies

Pianist wins Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship

LETTERS

Remembering Maurizio Pollini • Tim Parry reflects on the legacy of the great Italian pianist

Remembering Byron Janis • Jed Distler pays tribute to a great American pianist

Inhabiting the music • Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening

Historical Perspectives • Mark Ainley celebrates the timeless artistry of Benno Moiseiwitsch, a pianist who combined soaring lyricism with scintillating technical ease, and mischievous charm with deep sincerity

Musings of a musician • Kenneth Hamilton reflects on a little-played opera fantasy - with Liszt, Meyerbeer and some dead dancing nuns - and explores the extent to which we can measure the ‘correctness’ of an interpretation

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • Charivari compares and contrasts two pianistic greats who are sadly no longer with us, and wonders why he is moved by some performers and not by others

Elizabethan expression • Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this music and why she plays it on a modern piano

A kind of provocation • In his latest discussion of a pianist notorious for invoking opposing points of view, Bryce Morrison explores the varied legacy of Alexis Weissenberg, an artist renowned for his uncompromising interpretations

A refined virtuoso • In his latest exploration of the life and playing of great Russian pianists of the 20th century, Farhan Malik investigates the astounding pianism of Grigory Ginzburg and celebrates a lasting legacy

Exploring a musical cosmos • Having recorded Sorabji’s infamous Opus clavicembalisticum, composed in 1930, Daan Vandewalle outlines his own experience of this work and its distinctive aesthetic

Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli • Ateş Orga introduces one of Liszt’s most picturesque works, the three-part appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage that documents the composer’s travels through Italy, and surveys its glittering history on record

NUTS AND BOLTS • 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

Celebrating the piano’s music and musicians

A feast of festivals • Jonathon Brown jumps on the merry-go-round of summer festivals and offers a digest of some of the most appetising piano events to seek out

Critics’ choice

REVIEWS CDs

A quarterly round-up • Nigel Simeone listens to a wide-ranging batch of recent piano releases

Live Reviews

REVIEWS SHEET MUSIC

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