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The Leeds International Piano Comnpetition, 2018

Posted on September 20, 2018September 22, 2018 by Michael Church
Leeds International Piano Competition, 2018 When the redoubtable Fanny Waterman set up the Leeds Piano Competition in 1963, no one could have predicted its longevity, or the effect it would have on pi... Read More

London recitals: Montero, Trifonov, Gavric, Olafsson, Jacobson

Posted on February 2, 2018February 4, 2018 by Michael Church
  Wigmore Hall: Gabriela Montero, Nov 14; Daniil Trifonov, Dec 7u; Ivana Gavric, Dec 28 St John’s Smith Square: Vikingur Olafsson, Nov 15; Julian Jacobson, Nov 26 It’s not keyboard artistry w... Read More

Ferschtman and Rabinovich… Schiff…Perenyi…

Posted on December 31, 2017January 6, 2018 by Michael Church
Liza Ferschtman/Roman Rabinovich, Wigmore Hall, 30.12.17   Roman Rabinovich – credit Balazs Borocz When a work is described as ‘uncommonly difficult for all concerned’, as Gerald Larner... Read More

Is ‘late style’ a meaningful critical concept?

Posted on March 20, 2017January 12, 2018 by Michael Church
Out, brief candle! As life nears its end, thoughts can acquire urgent clarity. This truth may not be particularly perceptible in literature, because novelists find endless ways of disguising it. But i... Read More

Steven Isserlis rampant

Posted on October 20, 2016March 21, 2017 by Michael Church
Should we know the story behind the creation of a piece of music, or should we let it speak for itself? The British cellist Steven Isserlis poses this question in the liner note to a CD he has just re... Read More

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