Opinion
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Do piano fingerings tend to favour men’s large hands?
Margaret Fingerhut highlights gender bias in leading editions of core keyboard repertoire
I was recently playing through Bach’s Fugue in G minor...
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Sense and sensitivity
Joseph Middleton provides some illuminating insights into the complex and subtle art of the song pianist,
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Pianists speak out on Ukraine
The tragic violence in Ukraine has moved international observers like the English pianist Kathryn Stott, who tweeted empathetically on 25 February,
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Are you ready for the future?
Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder explains how we have removed musicality from classical music, and suggests ways to secure the position of...
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Should we care if Chopin was gay?
Debating the sexuality of musical icons offers a fuller and more tolerant understanding of our formative cultural influences,
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‘Women didn’t compose back then’ – or did they?
Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege urges music lovers to explore the wealth of repertoire by Black women composers as she launches...
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Thinking big
Little girls don’t play big Beethoven… or do they? Jessica Duchen examines established thinking on gendered repertoire
I’m flying.
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Will the piano industry survive the pandemic?
Some of Europe’s oldest companies are piano manufacturers. Steinway, Bechstein, Blüthner and Bösendorfer were all established around the mid-19th century.
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Tuning in to audiences at Piano Cleveland
How can classical music engage new audiences and keep them coming back? Piano Cleveland president Yaron Kohlberg considers some solutions
In 2015,
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Chopin’s so-called Raindrop Prelude
Could Chopin’s so-called Raindrop Prelude be a case of mistaken identity?
Jeremy Nicholas investigates
Chopin’s Prelude Op 28 No 15 will probably be more familiar to...
