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The Busoni Piano Competition – When the Jury doesn’t find the Winner…

Ferruccio Busoni / Source: Wikipedia The 58th Ferruccio Busoni piano competition in Bozen just concluded. This was a good opportunity for me to think about different outcomes of the competition. As usual the most interesting aspect of this event was … Continue reading

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Alfred Brendel – Master of Cloning

Master and disciple meet together. Kit Armstrong is a Taiwanese-British young pianist. A couple of years ago he was invited to visit his mentor Alfred Brendel at his London domicile, to be introduced into the tradition of piano playing and … Continue reading

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Inspired by the sound of the organ

Mozart called it the king of the instruments, Schumann recommended to learn to play it to achieve more understanding about the power of music, most of the great composers played and wrote works for it. What makes the organ being … Continue reading

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Sergei Wassiljevitsch Rachmaninoff – 1873-1943

He was one of the most inspiring pianists of the twentieth century. His remarkable personality as a unique artist was perfectly reflected in all his compositions. Sergei Rachmaninoff charcterized the last Romantic piano tradition with his charming, lyric and expressive … Continue reading

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Shura Cherkassky – 1909-1995

A terrific singing piano tone, a sublime technique, always serving the purpose of the musical message, and a perfect seducing interpretation. Alexander Isaakovic Cherkassky, known as Shura Cherkassky, was one of the leading personalities among the generation of great pianists … Continue reading

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A Remarkable Personality

Nowadays everybody knows YouTube as an enormous source of information. No matter what kind of video or just audio related documentation we need, everything can be found there….almost everything. My regular use of YouTube is concentrated on the search of … Continue reading

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The pianist at Work

“I practice very industriously…” – Quote Ferruccio Busoni, Letters to his wife 1895-1907, London, Edward Arnold & Co. http://www.rodoni.ch/busoni/bibliotechina/letteregerdaEN/gerdaEN1.html Do these words of Ferruccio Busoni sound familiar to you? They certainly do, especially if you are a pianist with your … Continue reading

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