Meet the Artist......Robert Saxton, composer

Who or what inspired you to take up composing and make it your career? I started the recorder at school, the violin and piano. I always preferred writing music down to practising! ….

Piano Week - a new piano course for children & adults

Piano Week is a new non-residential piano course for children and adults, set in the beautiful north Wales countryside near Bangor. The initiative of pianist Samantha Ward, Piano Week offers course…

London Piano Meetup Group

Informal performance opportunity for adult amateur pianists. Come along for the chance to play a Fazioli 212 grand piano, share repertoire, meet other pianists, and enjoy a recital by special guest Emmanuel Vass, an up-and-coming young pianist from the north of England.
Details:
Saturday May 18, from 5:30 PM
Peregrine’s Pianos, 137a Grays Inn Road, London, WC1 8TU
Peregrine’s Pianos website

Tickets must be booked in advance, they will not be on sale on the door. We have spaces for 10 performers and 30 observers.

Performers: £15
Observers: £5

Tickets can be booked by Paypal when you RSVP or online at WeGotTickets:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/221198

Full details of other events in the series here

Emmanuel Vass plays James Bond Concert Etude

Stage fright #1: are we too ashamed to talk about it?

A series of guest posts on understanding and coping with stage fright by pianist, educator and author Charlotte Tomlinson.

CD review: Schubertreise Volume 2

The second volume of ‘Schubertreise’ marks the recording debut of ‘cellist Joy Lisney, who, at just 20, is already at the forefront of young British string players, in particular for her fearless and highly involved approach to twentieth-century and contemporary repertoire.

Concentu Mirabili! Mahan Esfahani at Wigmore Hall

It would be foolish of me to attempt to review harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani’s magical Wigmore Hall recital in detail….

How tall were the great composers?

How tall were the great composers?

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Glenn Gould

Glenn Gould

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Meet the Artist……Heinrich Lachenmann

I am delighted and honoured to present my interview with Austrian pianist Heinrich Lachenmann

http://crosseyedpianist.com/2013/04/01/meet-the-artist-heinrich-lachenmann-pianist/

Happy Easter to musicians everywhere

Happy Easter to musicians everywhere

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