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Sound Sketches Books 1 & 3: Graham Lynch Graham writes the following about his Sound Sketches: The inspirations behind the series were in part the ordres of Couperin …and the Debussy Preludes. These were both close to what I wanted to do in terms of writing short character pieces that had a lot of . . . → Read More: Review: Sound Sketches, Supersonics, Soundwaves, & Soundscapes  david.loudon@googlemail.com (via morgueFile) In this SuiteLinks: Book of pianist interviews, Remembering Gustav Leonhardt, Slenczynska celebrates 87th, Eight handed pianist, Hear the lost Brahms piece, Why Schiff won’t play in Hungary any longer, First Love after 25 years, and more! Schiff puts his foot down Schiff plays lost Brahms Albumblatt Yamaha launches interactive sheet music . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: January 21 Some thoughts for my student as she prepares for a competition… Welcome to the next step of your personal musical journey. You will meet some colleagues who are musically much more mature and experienced than yourself. You will also meet those who are less experienced and mature. You have to be strong enough to be . . . → Read More: Thoughts On An Upcoming Competition In this SuiteLinks: Remembering Alexis Weissenberg, Musical law & order, Afghan music academy rebuilds post Taliban, Premier of “new” Brahms piano piece, Music for LH, and more! Weissenberg: of fire and ice Weissenberg’s music saved him from death camps Sharing a keyboard Ohlsson eyes Liszt Afghanistan music academy rebuilds post Taliban “New” Brahms piece gets . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: January 14 Saturday January 8, 2011 was a sad day in Tucson and for the country. The massacre took place at the Safeway where my family shopped for many years. One of my fellow piano teachers and her husband were there when the shots rang out. Our Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and despite . . . → Read More: One Year Later: What’s Your Policy? In this SuiteLinks: Ax retraces steps, The bold yet undersung, Brubeck goody, Pianist’s temptation, Geri Allen at the Vanguard, What a discarded piano can do, Pianistic happy birthdays, Fleisher interview, and more! Thibaudet incredibly close Behind Cherry’s piano desk Piano journey fills the heart Ax retraces steps Brubeck goody John Cage on I’ve Got A . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Jan. 6 Whew! All the end of term and holiday recital craziness is past us. Years ago I read a group of entertaining rules of performance etiquette in the style of Jolly Olde England. I have no idea what the original source was at this point. (Someone once told me that after 5 years of using an . . . → Read More: PA Shorts: Ye Olde Rules The Happiest Of New Years To All My Fellow Piano Addicts! My heartfelt thanks go out to all of you for stopping by and reading the blog, following @pianoaddictblog on Twitter, and liking Piano Addict on Facebook. I truly appreciate all the post comments and unexpected personal notes of support. You are inspirational, insightful, witty, . . . → Read More: Happy New Year: 2011 Top Posts In this SuiteLinks: Don Cherry + piano effects, Gabriel Kahane’s two worlds, Piano as Art, Cliburn Foundation moving forward again, Piano Jazz gets a makeover, Music of Sebastian Currier, Toy pianists, and more! Don’t play it again Sam Cliburn foundation regaining footing Makeover for Piano Jazz on NPR Masters of the Keyboard Series Piano music . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: Dec. 30 OK, I admit it, I was streaming Christmas music again during my commute this week. Alright, alright—a few other times too… Lots of mid-century renditions of classic holiday songs were in the mix. You know the ones—Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire, Baby It’s Cold Outside, Silver Bells, Winter Wonderland, Silent Night, Jingle Bells, Sleigh . . . → Read More: Chestnuts: Becoming A Rubato Geek In this SuiteLinks: Jazz Christmas at the Kennedy Center, Biss plays all 32, How to live in harmony with your pianos, Pressler at the National Gallery, and more! Best piano pieces of 2011 Kennedy Jazz Piano Christmas Coal in stockings of these Bartok performers Billy Joel gets portrait in Steinway Hall Prokofiev Sonata marathon Best . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: December 17 Those of you who know me, know that I am totally against, what my friend calls, “drive by arts experiences”. These experiences can encompass a range of genres; the Chopin Waltz, the 12 Bar Blues piece, The “by ear” piece, Sakura… You get the picture. I also believe in respecting a student’s background and finding . . . → Read More: Guest Post: Teaching Students From Different Backgrounds, Neeki Bey In this SuiteLinks: Christmas Mash-ups, How the greats chose their instruments, What Iyer told piano students, Interviews with Gabby Gifford’s music therapist & Cliburn Amateur winner Shih, Stevie Wonder auctions piano to help kids, Musician’s most important piece of holiday equipment, Big break for 85 year old pianist, A ghostly collaboration, and more! Piano Lessons . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: December 10 The past week has consisted of a myriad of small annoyances: a student tried to cover not practicing by saying she couldn’t figure out notes she had been reading successfully for quite some time, an entire jury/final schedule had to be redone at the last minute because one student didn’t check the online finals schedule . . . → Read More: A Surge of Holiday Spirit In this SuiteLinks: Jason Moran’s new gig, Playing with toys (pianos that is), Tweeting along with the symphony?, Musical gifts to avoid this season, Airport piano playoff, Piano leg redesign yields acoustic benefits, Magnetic resonator piano attracts attention, and more! Music, mental illness, & magic Pianistic Guinness Record Tweeting along with the Symphony Why music . . . → Read More: SuiteLinks: December 3 My daughter and I were texting about important logistical stuff yesterday when I suddenly realized that I had to leave to go teach. “Gotta go teach!”, I typed. “Have fun!”, she replied. “Hmmm”, I thought. “Will they have practiced?” Then I reminded myself that I do enjoy teaching very much and having fun is a . . . → Read More: Fun Is A Policy  |
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