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

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:03:29 -0400

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

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:02:19 -0400

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

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:45:49 -0400

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?

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:34:20 -0400

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

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:28:00 -0400

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

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:26:23 -0400

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?

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:22:09 -0400

How tall were the great composers?

Glenn Gould

Fri, 03 May 2013 02:32:41 -0400

Glenn Gould

Meet the Artist......Heinrich Lachenmann

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 05:11:07 -0400

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

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:09:21 -0400

Happy Easter to musicians everywhere

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. ‘Pathetique ’ -...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:53:53 -0400

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6. ‘Pathetique ’ - the audience’s score

"The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but..."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:39:36 -0400

“The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks through the performance, and the performer and the listener will walk together with the soul of the composer, and with God.”

- Mstislav Rostropovich (via classicalliterature)

"I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done."

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:38:54 -0400

“I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.”

- Franz Schubert (via classicalliterature)

Rain Tree Sketch II - Toru Takemtsu Recorded Friday 15 March...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:57:00 -0400

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/

For women musicians everywhere, on International Women’s...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:50:14 -0500

For women musicians everywhere, on International Women’s Day

Happy Birthday, Chopin

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:57:49 -0500

Happy Birthday, Chopin

Music is….

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:35:11 -0500

Music is….

When is the right time to applaud?

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:04:31 -0500

When is the right time to applaud?

At the Piano With......GeNIA

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:54:40 -0500

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,…

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The creative process

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:06:58 -0500

The creative process