International Piano

International Piano offers a rich mix of inspiration and guidance to pianists and piano fans around the world, from dedicated amateurs and students to professional pianists, teachers and aficionados. Celebrating the piano in all its forms, including the fortepiano and digital keyboards, each edition of our magazine is packed with interviews, features, news and reviews showcasing the top artists of today and yesteryear.

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Partnerships – old and new

RACHMANINOV ’S CHOPIN FUNERAL MARCH • Write to International Piano, St Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB, email international.piano@markallengroup.com or tweet @IP_mag. Star letters will receive a free CD from Hyperion’s best-selling Romantic Piano Concertos series

Gorini’s city tour earns acclaim

Apple’s classical app launched

STUDIO NEWS

New home for Hyperion

Dedication and determination • Still only 20, the Hungarian pianist Misi Boros has come a long way since winning a television talent show at the age of 11. Stephen Pritchard is among his many admirers

Today Czerny, tomorrow the world! • Numerous political leaders played the piano in their spare time, some more seriously than others.

The Ill-Tempered Clavier • In an age of dumbed-down expectations, Charivari overcomes initial scepticism and applauds a mainstream television programme that celebrates our favourite instrument in all its diversity

Conversing with Mozart • As her recording of Mozart’s complete piano sonatas is released on Naïve, Yeol Eum Son talks to Shirley Apthorp about growing up with a close connection to this music

Golden-age freedom and wizardry • In another instalment of our series examining the legacy of pianists whose playing has elicited mixed reactions, Bryce Morrison assesses the unique recordings of Ignaz Friedman

A lifetime with Liszt • As the Australian pianist Leslie Howard turns 75 later this month, he reflects on a career promoting the music of Liszt. Colin Clarke catches up with him

Russian master • Kirill Gerstein marks the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninov’s birth by recording piano works spanning the composer’s output between 1892 and 1931

A century of Gramophone • April 1923 saw the launch by Sir Compton Mackenzie of a new magazine dedicated to the rapidly growing world of classical recordings. We celebrate this milestone by reprinting a handful of classic features on pianists from Gramophone’s pages

RACHMANINOV’S PIANO CONCERTOS

CHARLES ROSEN

ALICIA DE LARROCHA

Murray Perahia

THE END OF AN ERA

Digital convenience • The latest product in Casio’s popular Privia range of digital pianos, the PX-S7000, combines beauty and flexibility with a great sound. Colin Clarke puts it through its paces

RETURNING TO THE PIANO

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Reigniting the flame • Robert Levin and the Academy of Ancient Music resume their period-instrument cycle of Mozart’s piano concertos after a gap of more than two decades. Colin Clarke drops in

Critics’ choice

In concert

Live Review

Musical heroes • The Irish pianist and composer Philip Martin fondly recalls music that has inspired him