Clara Rodriguez in conversation with Melanie Spanswick

The twenty second interview in my Classical Conversations Series features Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriguez and I was delighted to chat to her earlier in the week at Steinway Hall in London. Clara is one of the most distinguished of the present generation of international artists and has often been described as an Ambassador of her homeland music….

Part 2 of Noriko Ogawa’s interview at Steinway Hall

Today’s blog post features the second interview filmed at Steinway Hall last week with Japanese concert pianist Noriko Ogawa. In the first interview we discussed my book and the importance of playing the piano correctly from the start. In part two we chatted about Noriko’s inspiring charity work. Publications Melanie Spanswick has written and published…