What music are you learning on the piano at the moment? Do you feel overwhelmed? Let today be the day to say “Goodbye” to procrastination. One step at a time, tangible progress can be made. Let's go ..read more

Faber Music's Piano Anthology series understandably continues to prove popular with late intermediate to early advanced players looking for a bounty of fresh music in beautifully presented, keenly priced, and durable volumes. Here's my review of the latest addition ..read more

Schönberg’s piano pieces have an extraordinary historical significance that extends far beyond their immediate intrinsic value, being the laboratory in which the composer reassembled the elements of music to create an entirely new language, and in a way which had a seminal influence on composers for more than a generation ..read more

However enthusiastic we are for the system or school of piano playing that has most helped us, let’s be clear that there are others ..read more

Liszt's "Années de pèlerinage" ranks as one of the truly essential piano collections of all time, a milestone in the development of Liszt's art, and hence in the repertoire of any serious pianist. Leslie Howard's editions offer indispensable insight, and deliver gorgeously presented, authoritative scores of these pieces; students and performers will equally consider these three volumes an absolutely essential purchase ..read more

If you thought you knew Beethoven's Bagatelles, think again... with ten new discoveries and unprecedented accuracy, the new Bärenreiter edition significantly raises the bar ..read more

In every moment of every piano lesson, we continually encounter forks in the path ahead. Where shall we go next ..read more

24-26 JANUARY 2025 • Finchcocks, Kent Join me at the Manor House described as "Paradise for Pianists" for a weekend refreshing your practice for the new year ..read more

Ask piano teachers what we perceive our highest goal to be, and many of us will affirm that we hope to foster a love of music that will last a lifetime. So how can we all better communicate these aims where they are ignored or misunderstood? And how can we combine our efforts to encourage young players more effectively ..read more

'The Naoko Ikeda Duet Collection' can be seen as an ideal and natural companion to 'The Graded Collection'; it will be welcomed by all who enjoy duet playing at intermediate level, and who appreciate and want to explore more of Ikeda's music ..read more