A few months ago, I gave an interview for pianist and writer Rhonda Rizzo. This post was published on her blog No Dead Guys.
Rhonda writes and publishes a wide variety of articles relating to piano playing and she also features many guest posts. This written interview focused on my new anthology, Women Composers —…. Rapid passages. You sit down at the instrument, ready to start a practice session, and begin at the same quaver, semiquaver or demisemiquaver passage which caused some grief at the previous…. My first teacher used her own method. But this new volume pictured above is a really exciting one for me.
In , pianists and teachers Alla Levit and Antonina Lax invited me to write a piano duet for one of their forthcoming UK tours. Alla, who…. It may also interest parents. It may also be beneficial for those who already play or are self-taught, and could even be a helpful…. I have written many times about the importance of fingering in relation to piano playing. Israeli concert pianist….
This is the twenty-eighth interview in my series and my guest is Italian concert pianist Federico Colli. Federico won the Leeds International Piano Competition in I chatted to him at Jaques Samuel Pianos in London. Find out more about Federico, here. The trip, which has been held several times since , will be of interest to…. I had the pleasure of giving master classes and workshops recently in Germany.
Seven students had signed up for coaching over a period of two days which culminated in a little concert…. The Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham is a state of the art refurbished concert venue in a Church, now a listed building on the University of Buckingham Campus and it has a fine Steinway piano. The church will play host to an exciting new series of concerts featuring….
