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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Martin James Bartlett awarded inaugural Prix Serdang

pianO du lac unveils European summer tours

Nicholas Angelich remembered

NEWS IN BRIEF

A letter from Manchester

Golden mean • Competitions are just like any other concert, says Russian pianist Miroslav Kultyshev, winner of last year’s Classic Piano Competition in Dubai. He talks to Colin Clarke

Physical limits • Claire Jackson considers the need for pianists to protect their hands in music that pushes technique to the brink

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • Charivari dismisses a recent discussion of women’s concert attire as sanctimonious cant

Young Turk • Despite efforts to forge its own Western classical tradition, Turkey had only produced one great pianist – until Can Çakmur came along. The winner of the 2018 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition talks to Michael Church about music, marathon running and the Barcelona football team

A living legend

Quiet conviction • Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, who has died aged 76, was known for a profound expressiveness which sometimes masked a fizzy sense of humour. Benjamin Ivry considers his legacy

All square • A descendant of composer Felix Yaniewicz has discovered an unusual square piano that will be the centrepiece of a fascinating new exhibition in Scotland this summer. Eva Doroszkowksa reports

Delicate beauty • Finnish pianist and artist Jasmin Fors introduces her debut album of masterworks by Chopin and Liszt, delving deep into the Romantic ideas that inspired their creativity

The Russians are coming • Young Russian and Belarusian pianists are listed in the line-up of hopefuls at this year’s Cliburn International Piano Competition – and so they should be, argues Stephen Wigler

A life in music • Ruth Slenczynska, once fêted as ‘the greatest child pianist since Mozart’, met some of the most legendary figures in the piano world. Still making music at 97, she talks to Jeremy Nicholas

Pain relief • Is pain an inevitable part of piano practice? Rhian Morgan talks to Edna Golandsky about the Taubman Approach, used by musicians to ease playing-related injuries

II – Finger independence and dexterity (Part 2) • A technical refresher course for recommencing piano enthusiasts, created for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

MASTERCLASS • Noriko Ogawa lifts the mask on Debussy’s celebrated ‘Claire de lune’

Clair de lune • From Suite bergamasque

Mrs Van der Blond

Voyage of discovery • Colin Clarke reports from the 15th Orléans International Piano Competition for contemporary music, which marked the death centenary of author Marcel Proust

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Che sera • Georgian pianist Mariam Batsashvili selects recordings that contrast sadness with sunshine