Today’s post has been penned by ‘Piano Pedagogy Spotlight’ guest writer James Kirby. James is a pianist and piano professor who studied in Russia and the UK, and who now teaches the piano at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Eton College, and Royal Holloway University London. This article documents James’ concert tour…
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International Katherine Mansfield 100 Festival 2023
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is widely considered to be one of New Zealand’s most important modernist writers. Born and raised near Wellington, her father, Sir Harold Beauchamp, was the chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, her grandfather was a parliamentary electorate, and her cousin, Countess Elizabeth von Arnim, was also a well-known author. One of…
Beethoven Piano Concerto Project: David Alexander
Beethoven’s piano concertos are amongst the most emotionally satisfying in the whole piano repertoire. Pianist and teacher David Alexander has been programming all five concertos in London. He has been doing this as part of his own Beethoven project for the past few years. On January 10th 2019 he will be performing Beethoven Piano Concerto…