International Piano Magazine May - June 2015 Retour à l'édition précédente

Pianists Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano seek to thrill as they embrace the provocative side of four-hand repertoire; IP’s symposium panel discuss Ferruccio Busoni, the great pianist, writer and composer who bestrode the musical world like a Colossus; and we assess the importance of Glenn Gould’s seminal recording of the Bach Goldberg Variations 60 years after the record was pressed. Plus, our guide for first-time piano buyers; Ruhr Piano Festival’s new online project – Explore the Score – offers insight into Ligeti’s piano works; dissecting neurons and notes with Norman Doidge, bestselling author of The Brian That Changes Itself; the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius; Simon Callaghan’s world premiere recording of Roger Sacheverell Coke’s Preludes and Variations; the life and work of song-writer Cole Porter; creative programming at the Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo; the restoration of Gaza’s only concert grand piano; free sheet music of Mozart’s Fantasy in D minor; and your chance to WIN ‘Busoni The Visionary’ on CD box set.