International Piano Magazine

International Piano is going back to its roots as it returns to a quarterly publication. As always, we will continue to explore the best of the world of the piano – its repertoire and performers – with extensive coverage of new releases and historic pianists, lively comment and reviews, educational advice, rare sheet music and more.

The cover of the Spring issue features the Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, who has recorded an outstanding album of Wagner transcriptions. International Piano’s editor Tim Parry talks to him about his deep love of Wagner and making his own spectacular arrangements of scenes from Götterdämmerung.

In other features this month, Mark Ainley explores the legacy of Carl Friedberg, a fascinating pianist who studied with Clara Schumann, and Bryce Morrison considers the artistry of Dame Myra Hess, best known for her wartime performances at the National Gallery. Kenneth Hamilton begins a thoughtful and entertaining new column for IP by asking whether pianists play new music to the same standard as they do old. Farhan Malik continues his series on great Russian pianists with an absorbing overview of the life and work of Samuil Feinberg, while the young British pianist Tyler Hay introduces his new album of nocturnes by John Field. This issue’s Repertoire Guide sees Charles Timbrell lead us through the recorded history of Schumann’s Faschingsswanck aus Wein.