I adore the piano, the physical instrument, its sound and its repertoire, with a passion which borders on an obsession: in fact, I am not sure what I would do without it now. My writing and my teaching allow me to share my passion with others, and to forge fruitful and inspiring connections with like-minded people.
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“I have a habit of starting study projects from the ‘end’. My first serious attempts at understanding the style of Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin were drawn from their late or final works. I see this as a symptom of my impatience to attempt music that has an aura of difficulty, and that benefits from long maturation.”
British pianist James Lisney talks to International Piano magazine ahead of his forthcoming #Endgame concert series which explores the notion of #LateStyle and #creative #maturity through the late #piano #music of #Haydn #Beethoven #Schubert and #Chopin
Concerts in #London @1901artsclub #Cheltenham #Pittville #Pump #Room #StGeorges #Bristol #Westroad #concert #hall #Cambridge https://www.rhinegold.co.uk/international_piano/preview-endgame-concert-series/
Beautiful, magical and strange #glass #sculptures by #dalechihuly @kewgardens
As a conductor, how do you communicate your ideas about a work to the orchestra?
“I try my best to communicate as much as I can through my gestures in rehearsal. Of course, sometimes it’s necessary to explain with words!”
#meettheartist #interview with #conductor Ellie Slorach
https://meettheartist.online/2019/09/13/ellie-slorach-conductor/
Who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career? “I am easily influenced in the sense that I am easily fascinated, easily enthused about things. In a way, this can be a disruptive quality sometimes – one needs, perhaps, some distance with the subject to get to the core of it. Inevitably, the list of musicians who left their imprint on my playing is long and eclectic.”
Meet #pianist @kolesnikovpianist
#meettheartist #interview
https://crosseyedpianist.com/2019/09/12/meet-the-artist-pavel-kolesnikov-pianist/
“The singular greatest challenge I’ve experienced is the result of asking “why don’t we change the shape of the piano?”. It turns out this is at least a life’s work”
#meettheartist #interview with @sarahpianolife
Find out more about Sarah’s influences and inspirations, her #StandingPiano and her #crowdfunding campaign to build a lightweight upright grand #piano
https://meettheartist.online/2019/09/07/sarah-nicolls-pianist/
My lovely quiet #music #room and #office in the basement of my house #Portland #Dorset
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