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- INTERNATIONAL PIANO AWARDS 2009 RESULTS ANNOUNCED
The results of the fourth annual International Piano Awards have been announced. The Awards celebrate the best piano recordings, sheet music, books and DVDs from the past twelve months. We invited our team of reviewers to submit their nominations on items in any category, released between October 2008 and November 2009. In addition to the recording, book and DVD awards, there are two special awards: Services to Music Award, voted by our editorial team, and the Readers’ Choice Award, voted by our readers. - Antique keyboard instruments brought to life
- The Editor's blog from the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition: Sunday 7 June – last day of the finals
Nobuyuki Tsujii (recital); Haochen Zhang (Prokofiev Concerto no.2 in G minor op.16); Di Wu (Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor op.30) - Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Blog: Day 4 of Finals – Saturday 7 June
Afternoon concert: Haochen Zhang (recital); Yeol Eum Son (Prokofiev Concerto no.2 in G minor op.16); Nobuyuki Tsujii (Rachmaninoff Concerto no.2 in C minor op.18) Evening concert: Di Wu (recital); Evgeni Bozhanov (Rachmaninoff Concerto no.2 in C minor op.18); Mariangela Vacatello (Prokofiev Concerto no.3 in C major op.26) - Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Blog: Day 3 of Finals – Friday 5 June
Evgeni Bozhanov, 25, Bulgaria (recital); Yeol Eum Son, 23, South Korea (Chopin Concerto no.2 in F minor op.21); Mariangela Vacatello, 27, Italy (Beethoven Concerto no.4 in G major op.58)
Contents for International Piano
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- COVER STORY: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Louis Lortie on why he’s revisiting Chopin’s etudes - 25 years after he first recorded them - SYMPOSIUMS
NEW SERIES Nine noted piano teachers discuss their favourite teaching piece - BUYER’S GUIDE
Mid-range grand pianos reviewed - ANDRÉ MATHIEU
The story of Canada’s ‘little Mozart’ - FRIEDMAN’S CHOPIN
Why Ignaz Friedman’s recordings stand out among ‘golden age’ interpretations - STILL PRACTISING
Gary Graffman on the secrets of his remarkable success in teaching - ENQUIRING MIND
Turkish pianist and composer Hüseyin Sermet on his less than conventional career path - SUMMER SCHOOLS & FESTIVALS
Our annual guide to piano events around the world - FREE MUSIC
Two pieces from Haydn Fantasies for John McCabe, published by Music Haven London
Editorial
Another year, another composer anniversary. Or in the case of 2010, two major birthdays of particular significance to the piano world. Fryderyk Chopin and Robert Schumann - both born in the year 1810 - are composers who are inextricably linked to the piano. Both were pianists who wrote piano music that embodied the Romantic piano tradition - lyrical, personal, intimate music that probed the expressive possibilities of the instrument; music that could be deceptively simple yet complex enough to allow for a lifetime’s exploration...
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