The real reason men dominate major piano competitions
Rhonda Boyle presents peer-reviewed evidence to explain the lack of women among the top prize winners at major piano competitions – this does not involve jury bias
Features
Sergei Edelmann: the music of my life
Sergei Edelmann reflects on recordings that shaped his musical upbringing, from The Beatles to Horowitz
No doubt about it, audience behaviour is getting worse...
Charivari lets off some steam and laments some all-too-common traits of audience behaviour
George Li: an invitation to dance
George Li introduces his new album of dance‑related works by Ravel, Schumann and Stravinsky and explores what binds these pieces into a cohesive programme
Ilona Eibenschütz: piano-playing from another era
Mark Ainley revisits the playing of the Hungarian pianist Ilona Eibenschütz, who knew Brahms and Clara Schumann, and whose pianism sheds fascinating light on the kind of playing they might have...
Busoni’s solo piano music: a comprehensive guide
Richard Whitehouse offers a survey of the piano music of Ferruccio Busoni, from derivative early sketches to majestic late masterpieces, and explores its recorded history
Isata Kanneh-Mason: ‘Talent doesn’t really get you very far. Talent is mainly an interest, a passion, a curiosity. But the work is 95 per cent’
The eldest of seven musical siblings, Isata Kanneh-Mason has recorded an album of works by Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. Jeremy Nicholas talks to her about balancing life and music
Backing Busoni’s Piano Concerto
Benjamin Grosvenor performs Busoni’s Piano Concerto at the BBC Proms marking 100 years since the composer’s death
Video of the Day: Pavel Koleshnikov and Samson Tsoy perform Schubert's Divertissement à la Hongroise
Taken from their new piano four-hands debut album
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In conversation with: Amiri Harewood
International Piano speaks to pianist Amiri Harewood about his recent signing with the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT)
Mishka Rushdie Momen interview: ‘We’ve inherited a lot culturally from the ideas of the Reformation, including a sort of paradoxical individualism’
Mishka Rushdie Momen has recorded an album of works by composers working in the shadow of the Reformation, including Bull, Byrd and Gibbons. She tells Jessica Duchen about the enduring appeal of this...
Liszt’s Venezia e Napoli: a guide to the greatest recordings
Ateş Orga introduces one of Liszt’s most picturesque works, the three-part appendix to the second volume of Années de pèlerinage that documents the composer’s travels through Italy, and surveys its...
Magdalene Ho: a pianist to watch
Jed Distler is impressed by Magdalene Ho, a pianist of enormous promise who won the 2023 Clara Haskil Competition, and suggests some listening
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