International Piano magazine - news & features for pianists and piano enthusiasts

International Piano (IP) incorporates International Piano (formally International Piano Quarterly) and Piano magazine. It is written for pianists and discerning fans of piano music.

Each bi-monthly issue includes interviews with top pianists and rising talent, performance tips, news, features, analysis and comment. You will find exclusive tutorials by concert artists, in-depth articles on piano recordings and repertoire, masterclasses on piano technique, and festival, concert and competition reports from around the globe.

Regular columns include ‘Better late than never’ (for adult beginner pianists), ‘Accompanist’s Diary’, ‘Letter from America’ and ‘Take Five’, covering jazz piano greats. Every edition includes a five-page Symposium, hosted by Jeremy Siepmann, which brings together leading experts and international pianists for a round-table debate.

Our comprehensive reviews section examines the latest CDs, books, DVDs, sheet music, new instruments and accessories.

Plus, each issue includes free sheet music – often rare or newly released works – for readers to add to their collections.

Headlines

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Winners of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition announced
The Texas-based Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has concluded its 14^th instalment and named Vadym Kholodenko, 26, as recipient of the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal and Van Cliburn Winner's Cup.
Legal struggle over Wagner table piano
One wouldn’t expect a battle over the piano on which Richard Wagner composed parts of the Ring to be anything but epic. The Bechstein tablepiano, a gift to the composer from King Ludwig II in 1864, is the subject of a prolonged lawsuit in which Iris Wagner, one of several great-granddaughters,has opposed both the city of Leipzig and the Richard Wagner Foundation overofficial ownership.
Birmingham Conservatoire to host Delius and Ireland celebration
Birmingham Conservatoire will host a five-day festival during 17–21 June to showcase the work of Delius and Ireland, including performances of the complete solo piano works and piano concerto by John Ireland.
The Elgar Society releases free online archive of The Journal
Back issues of The Journal published by the Elgar Society are now available online and free of charge, opening up a 15-year archive of articles, essays and research papers to all those with an interest in Elgar and his legacy
Martha Argerich set to perform at Manchester International Festival
World-renowned Argentinean pianist Martha Argerich is set to give a rare performance at the Bridgewater Hall on 12 July, as part of the Manchester International Festival (MIF)

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Contents for International Piano

Britten © Tully Potter Collection

Cover story
Lucy Parham mixes words and music

Britten centenary
Benjamin Britten’s love/hate relationship with the piano

Symposium
Prokofiev: Shakespearean sage or Soviet court jester?

Piano holidays
Getting away from it all – apart from the piano

Love and loss
The cult status surrounding pianists who have died young

Frankfurt Musikmesse
The latest pianos previewed

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Editorial

This year’s Wagner bicentenary celebrations have ranged from no-expense-spared new productions to a commemorative €10 coin that features the composer’s face. Richard Wagner supporters enthuse about the depth of his writing and towering intellect; his opponents highlight his less-than-savoury political leanings. No other composer is as loved and hated in equal measure. Wagner poses an important question for music lovers: is the composer’s character inextricably linked to the score?

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