Snapping The Shutter
Last week at Steinway Hall in London, I made a series of three new video demonstrations for Pianist Magazine. At the end of the filming, we stopped to take some…
Some Thoughts on Five-Finger Exercises: Variations on a Theme by Hanon
Almost every book of piano exercises has a chapter dealing with five-finger exercises, and a lot of pianists won't feel warmed up and ready to face their practice session without…
Mirror Mirror On The Wall
I once had to do up someone else's tie and found the only way I could do it was to stand behind and pretend I was putting it on myself.…
The Monkey And The Typewriter
If you gave an infinite number of monkeys an infinite number of typewriters, would they eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare? This favourite question of barstool philosophers seems relevant…