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.

International Piano

A fresh take

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Santander Competition announces 2022 winners

Russian pianist wins Birmingham Competition

Alexander Toradze remembered

Cliburn to stage postponed Amateur Competition in October

NEWS IN BRIEF

Pianist and teacher Joseph Banowetz dies aged 85

Little by little • Fresh from winning this year’s Hasting Competition, Japanese pianist Shunta Morimoto is building an all-round education to feed his musical ability. Yukiko Kishinami reports

Sound of silence • Is it worth making a noise to celebrate the 70th anniversary of John Cage’s4’33”? Benjamin Ivry reports

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • Do you get cross over crossover? Charivari considers Lang Lang’s double album of Disney classics

Shock of the old • As his Mozart concerto recording series gathers pace, Kristian Bezuidenhout meets Claire Jackson for a quiet gin to talk about his love of the fortepiano, and how it offers a completely different experience from the modern piano

Angry young man • American pianist William Kapell was born 100 years ago and made a big impression in the 31 years before his death in an air crash. Benjamin Ivry considers his legacy

In good hands • Delayed by Covid but back in glory to celebrate its 60th anniversary, the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition produced a great array of pianistic talent.

Ahead of the curve • What happens when a piano maker teams up with an architect to create a new instrument? Russian-American pianist Kirill Gerstein talks to Claire Jackson about the new Maene-Viñoly Concert Grand, a straight-strung piano with a curved keyboard

American accent • What does it mean to be American? Pianist and writer Elizabeth Newkirk explores American identity through her debut album of interwar pieces by Ravel, Gershwin and William Grant Still

Aiming for the top • Owen Mortimer surveys some exciting developments for piano students at conservatoires around the world

RETURNING TO THE PIANO • A technical refresher course for recommencing piano enthusiasts, created for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

MASTERCLASS • Tamara Stefanovich revels in the challenges and delights of Rameau’s melancholy keyboard miniature L’entretien des muses

L’entretien des Muses

Rondo z Krakowiaka

Mélancolie

The full Monte • Composer and conductor Bruno Mantovani is bringing a fresh creative agenda to the Festival Printemps des Arts in Monte Carlo. Jonathon Brown reports

Critic’s choice

In concert

NEXT ISSUE OCTOBER 2022

Happy place • British pianist Margaret Fingerhut revisits some touching musical memories