International Piano

International Piano offers a rich mix of inspiration and guidance to pianists and piano fans around the world, from dedicated amateurs and students to professional pianists, teachers and aficionados. Celebrating the piano in all its forms, including the fortepiano and digital keyboards, each edition of our magazine is packed with interviews, features, news and reviews showcasing the top artists of today and yesteryear.

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International Piano

International Piano meets Zlata Chochieva

Decca signs Tianyao Lyu

Justus Eichhorn to DG

Igor Levit’s new label

Hyperion signs Minsoo Sohn

Gregor Benko dies aged 82

Alpha Classics signs Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Sir Stephen Hough appointed in Leeds

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Play it again, Sam! • Jonathon Brown considers the wide variety of approaches to the art of the encore

Historical Perspectives • Mark Ainley introduces the pianism of Guiomar Novaes and points us to the finest examples of this great Brazilian pianist’s legacy on record

Musings of a musician • Kenneth Hamilton reflects on the differences – and similarities – between Baroque and Classical concertos, and whether Classical concerto form embodies collaboration or confrontation

Forgotten treasures • Jeremy Nicholas explores the life and music of a Polish composer who despite a huge output is mostly associated with a single, once-popular piano work

First and foremost a poet • Having recorded Chopin’s Nocturnes for Harmonia Mundi, Pavel Kolesnikov talks to Michelle Assay about his approach to familiar music, the connections between art forms and the importance of seeing beyond the piano

A force of nature • Jed Distler celebrates the legacy of the American pianist Julius Katchen, who was born 100 years ago, an anniversary marked by Eloquence’s release of a box-set of his Brahms recordings

Reimagining the Grosse Fuge • For his first album on Ondine, devoted to Beethoven, Nicolas Namoradze has recorded his own two-hand piano arrangement of the Grosse Fuge. He introduces his aims, methods and priorities

Anton Rubinstein’s Piano Concerto No 4 • Jeremy Nicholas explores the history and recordings of the only one of Rubinstein’s five piano concertos to retain a foothold in the repertoire and recommends his favourite versions

NUTS AND BOLTS • A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards, written for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

Les Yeux Noirs

A compendium of concertos • Claire Jackson delves into the first box of The Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto Edition and offers some personal reflections on this groundbreaking series

Critics’ choice

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NEW RELEASES

A quarterly round-up • Nigel Simeone listens to a wide selection of recent piano releases

Live Reviews

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An all-embracing love • Olga Pashchenko selects a varied range of recordings that influenced her musical development

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