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 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…
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
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
A series of guest posts on understanding and coping with stage fright by pianist, educator and author Charlotte Tomlinson.
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.
It would be foolish of me to attempt to review harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani’s magical Wigmore Hall recital in detail….
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/
Rain Tree Sketch II - Toru Takemtsu
Recorded Friday 15 March 2013
Further information on this piece http://crosseyedpianist.com/2013/02/03/takemitsus-musical-landscape/
Recently, I had the very great pleasure of interviewing GeNIA, Russian pianist and teacher, and creator of innovative piano technique, Piano-Yoga®. We met at London’s prestigious Steinway Hall to talk about many aspects of piano teaching and performing,…
