Hold Me, I’m a Fermata!
Following on from last week's post on rests, I'm going to move on to the fermata - or the pause. We find this marked on rests as well as on…
Great Pianists Interviewed
One of my favourite books of interviews is Great Pianists Speak with Adele Marcus. It is full of insight into the pianist's art, and Ms. Marcus' questions are always very astute.…
Beethoven Masterclasses
Beethoven wrote his 32 piano sonatas between the ages of 25 and 55, thus they span the composer’s so-called early, middle and late periods and paint a rich picture of…
The Myth of the Easy Piece
Very often people tell me as they skim through a score "I don't really need to practise this bit because it's easy". I also hear "I totally messed that bit…