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.

From competitions to education

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International Piano meets Clare Hammond

Amateur pianists thrive in Paris

Tom Borrow wins the Terence Judd-Hallé Award

Looking ahead to the London Piano Festival

On competitions • A route to success for some, a curse for others, pleasingly irrelevant for a few, competitions are increasingly ubiquitous. Bryce Morrison shares some reflections

Ingrid Haebler: an obituary

COUNTING THE COST OF CONCERTS

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • The piano concerto repertoire is wider than we hear in the concert hall.Charivari hails the joys of long-forgotten music as well as an inspirational champion of so many neglected works

The whole world in his hands • When Yunchan Lim became the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year, he launched a major career with a string of unforgettable performances. Jed Distler, whose daily blog on the competition for our sister-title Gramophone was widely followed, reports on a young pianist of exceptional promise

Pianistic shock and awe • Bryce Morrison continues our series on pianists who have divided critical opinion by assessing the unique artistry of Georges Cziffra, whose explosive virtuosity and impulsive temperament came – for some – at the expense of poetry and refinement

True essence • Greek pianist Zoe Samsarelou combines her fascination for music and mythology in her debut album dedicated to the god Dionysus

Villa-Lobos’s Rudepoêma • Richard Whitehouse listens to the available recordings of an electrifyingly virtuosic piano work composed for Arthur Rubinstein and recommends some essential listening

international Piano MASTERCLASS • Danny Driver talks us through Fauré’s Barcarolle No 4 and suggests helpful ways of approaching this elusive music

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

Poupée valsante

From Hollywood to the World • An elegant box-set celebrates the glamorous career of the pianist and conductor – and sometime film star – José Iturbi, as well as his pianist sister Amparo. Bryce Morrison assesses a distinctive legacy

Unusual couplings • Having recorded piano concertos by Clara Schumann and Weber, Luisa Imorde talks to Jeremy Nicholas about her love for creative musical combinations

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Critics’ choice

Book Review

Live Reviews

REVIEWS • SHEET MUSIC

Musical honesty and entertainment • Kenneth Hamilton recalls a handful of recordings that have shaped his relationship with music, from Wagner to Florence Foster Jenkins