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Is the piano world inherently sexist?

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Following the Leeds International Piano Competition’s introduction of steps to remove unconscious bias from its selection process, Charlotte Gardner reflects on some of the issues

Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16. Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op 54 (Elisabeth Leonskaja)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Leonskaja seems to hold the Grieg Concerto – which, despite many similarities to the Schumann, postdates it by 23 years – at something of an arm’s length

There are no short cuts to learning to play the piano properly

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Charivari laments the idea, seemingly prevalent among a plethora of online tutors touting for your business, that you can play the piano in just a few easy steps

Zlata Chochieva: the music of my life

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Zlata Chochieva reflects on the importance of personality in making music speak, from Michelangeli’s Mozart to Horowitz live and unedited

‘La Danse’ (Martin James Bartlett)

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

One of the most playful sprints through Ravel’s La valse I’ve heard

Mozart: Piano Concertos – No 18, K456; No 21, K467 (Jonathan Fournel)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Fournel’s assured pianism belies the fact that this release marks his recorded concerto debut

Bartók: Bagatelles. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book 2. Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op 50 (Piotr Anderszewski)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

This is an extraordinary album; hardly for those of a nervous disposition or for late-night listening

‘Berlin 1923’ – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 15. Schulhoff: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 43 (Herbert Schuch)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

The finale is a total success, with good dynamic variety and a marvellously rowdy delivery of the central subordinate theme

Field: 18 Nocturnes (Tyler Hay)

Review

Friday, March 8, 2024

| International Piano

Tyler Hay’s performance draws as much attention to Field’s similarity with Dussek, Hummel, late Clementi and even Beethoven as to his influence on Chopin

Championing the music of Dorothy Howell: ‘Her music jumped off the page - it was evocative, bold and imaginative, overflowing with fantastic colours and character’

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| Gramophone

I hope listeners will love these colourful, characterful, skilful works as much as I do, and that they will also become enthralled with Dorothy Howell’s ferocious talent and fascinating story

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Is the piano world inherently sexist?

Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op 16. Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op 54 (Elisabeth Leonskaja)

There are no short cuts to learning to play the piano properly

Zlata Chochieva: the music of my life

‘La Danse’ (Martin James Bartlett)

Mozart: Piano Concertos – No 18, K456; No 21, K467 (Jonathan Fournel)

Bartók: Bagatelles. Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book 2. Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op 50 (Piotr Anderszewski)

‘Berlin 1923’ – Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 1, Op 15. Schulhoff: Piano Concerto No 2, Op 43 (Herbert Schuch)

Field: 18 Nocturnes (Tyler Hay)

Championing the music of Dorothy Howell: ‘Her music jumped off the page - it was evocative, bold and imaginative, overflowing with fantastic colours and character’

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