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.

Remembering Bolet

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International Piano meets Noriko Ogawa

Yunchan Lim wins two Gramophone Awards

Young Canadian triumphs at Leeds

Hyperion returns to LP format

New Chopin manuscript

Updated Godowsky resources

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Reflecting on Leeds • Murray McLachlan offers some highly personal insights on the latest Leeds International Piano Competition, in which his son Callum took part

The art of livestreaming • Jed Distler considers the growing trend of delivering concerts straight to our homes

Historical Perspectives • Mark Ainley salutes the all-encompassing pianism and creative imagination of Alfred Cortot, whose recordings – tracing a period of rapid technological development – continue to engage and inspire

Musings of a musician • In the first of two columns about Chopin’s teaching practices, Kenneth Hamilton outlines the state of our current knowledge, which underpins our understanding of the man and his music

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • Charivari has had enough of positive discrimination and wonders whether efforts to promote women contestants at the recent Leeds Competition backfired

An aristocrat of the piano • In the final decade of his life Jorge Bolet made a series of recordings for Decca that has at last been reissued in a box-set. Donald Manildi listens to this treasurable collection and summarises the career and legacy of a magisterial pianist

Jorge Bolet – highlights from a discography • As well as Bolet’s Decca legacy, the following albums – mostly of live performances – are essential to a full understanding of this great pianist

The art of the collaborative pianist • For many pianists, the most rewarding musical experiences come from working closely with singers and collaborating with other artists. Jessica Duchen talks to some of today’s finest practitioners to find out more

Dangerous freedom • In his latest column exploring the legacy of pianists who divide opinion, Bryce Morrison summarises the playing of the flamboyant French pianist Samson François, with its wild contradictions and inconsistencies

A call to action • The German pianist Hanni Liang introduces her new album, ‘Voices’, and explains how she put together a programme of works by female composers to create a highly personal statement

Ives’s Concord Sonata • Jed Distler explores the history on record of Charles Ives’s Piano Sonata No 2, ‘Concord, Mass, 1840-1860’, renowned for its complex rhythms and textures, and suggests some recommended listening

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

Embracing the moment • Alexandre Kantorow talks to Charlotte Gardner about the unusual challenges he faced while recording his latest album, completing his survey of Brahms’s piano sonatas, working through the night on an instrument with a special history

From Bach to Bartók • David Threasher welcomes a celebratory box of Sir András Schiff’s complete Decca...