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JOURNAL ISSUE 130 AUGUST 2023 - Contents

Editorial by Anthony Williams

Noriko Ogawa in conversation with Anthony Williams

Alicia de Larrochaʼs Centenary: Part Two  by Donald Alfano

Padre Antonio Soler and Don Gabriel de Bourbon: Composers and their Royal Patrons by Hayk Arsenyan

Lessons with Solomon | The Diaries of Ella Pounder Pt 4 by Richard McMahon and Anthony Williams

A Mosaic of Life, Love & Death: Dora Pejačevićʼs Blumenleben by Asher Ian Armstrong

Back to the Future: Meeting fortepiano maker Paul McNulty by Eva Doroszkowska

From the Archives by Nancy Litten

Reviews

Summer News from EPTA Associations  

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5. Editorial by Anthony Williams Tomas Dratva in conversation with Nadia Lasserson

7. Abby Whiteside and ‘Outliningʼ by Dr Richard Jack

11. In Memoriam: Dr Mariann Ábrahám and Andrew Ball

20. Using Contemporary Compositional Techniques in Teaching Improvisation to Children by Agnieszka Lasko

24. Lessons with Solomon | The Diaries of Ella Pounder Pt 3 by Richard McMahon and Anthony Williams

27. Alicia de Larrochaʼs Centenary: A Celebration of Her Life and Career by Donald Alfano

32. Artistic images – the importance of creativity in music by Yulia Chaplina

36. Reviews

40. Spring News from EPTA Associations

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Contents

5.     Editorial by Anthony Williams

6.     Víkingur Ólafsson in conversation with Nadia Lasserson

12.   Just how good was Liberace? by Julian Hellaby

18.   Padre Antonio Soler and Performance of his Keyboard Sonatas on the Modern Piano by Hayk Arsenyan

21.   Lessons with Solomon | The Diaries of Ella Pounder Pt 2  by Richard McMahon and Anthony Williams

26.   The Technique of Marcel Ciampi, Pt 3 by Bernard King

32.   EPTA Portugal 44th International Conference report by Nadia Lasserson

36.   Reviews

41. EPTA News

44. EPTA Associations

 

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3.     Editorial by Anthony Williams

4.     Till Alexander Koerber in conversation with Nadia Lasserson

7.     On preparing for a Beethoven Marathon by Julian Jacobson

10.   Lessons with Solomon | The Diaries of Ella Pounder by Richard McMahon and Anthony Williams

15.   The Technique of Marcel Ciampi, Part Two by Bernard King

21.   Rachmaninoff, chordal composer, Part 3 by Kris Lennox

28.   Obituary: Joseph Murray Banowetz by Nancy Lee Harper

29.   From the Archives: issues 38, 39 & 40 by Nancy Litton

34.   Reviews
41.   EPTA News
44.   EPTA Associations

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3.     Editorial by Anthony Williams

4.     Aaron Shorr in conversation with Anthony Williams

8.     Historical women pianist-composers in Paris by CJ Hazel

13     The Technique of Marcel Ciampi by Bernard King

20     Paying Tribute to Malcolm Troup by Richard Jack, Malcolm Miller, Nancy Lee Harper and Dr Marios Papadopoulos

25     Rachmaninoff, chordal composer, Part 2 by Kris Lennox

28     Children’s piano compositions: connecting learning and creative processes by Marilia Patricio

36     Reviews

42     EPTA News

44     EPTA Associations

 

 

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Editorial by Anthony Williams

  • Alexander Hawkins in conversation with Anthony Williams
  • Nicolas Medtner - his influence as a teacher by Michael Jones
  • The "Land Without Music"? Neglected Piano Works from 20,h-Century England by Asher Armstrong
  • The Ideal Teacher by Michael Stembridge-Montavont
  • 83 Diabclli Variations: The First Modern Urtext by Mario Aschauer
  • From the Archive by Nancy Litten
  • Rachmaninoff, chordal composer, true or false? by Kris Lennox
  • Report of 2021 43rd EPTA Spain Conference, Madrid by Nadia Lasserson
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
  • EPTA Associations
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Editorial by Amhony Williams

Nadia Lasserson in conversation with Anthony Williams

Chopin and the Keyboard by Alan Walker

"250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven” - An amazing project by Susanne Kessel by Nadia Lasserson

Debussy - The Creation of a House Museum in Villeneuve-la-Guyard (Yonne) by Nadia Lasserson

Mussorgsky: A reappraisal and overview - Part Two by Kat Pcrdikomati

Is There One Correct Piano Technique? Yes, but... by Barbara I.istcr-Sink. Ed.D

Reviews

EPTA News

EPTA Associations

European Piano Teachers' Forum: EPTA Czech Republic by Milan Franek with Nancy Lee Harper D. M. A.

 

 

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CONTENTS

Welcome to our new editor by Nadia Lasserson

An introduction by Anthony Williams

A 'new beginning' by Murray McLachlan

A tribute to Dame Fanny Waterman by Murray McLachlan

Remembering Dr. Nelita True Laires by Nancy Lee Harper

Jörg Widmann's Idyll and Abyss by Asher Ian Armstrong

Mussorgsky: A reappraisal and overview by Kat Perdikomati

EPTA Forum: EPTA Belgium Wallonie-Bruxelles by Diane Andersen with Nancy Lee Harper D. M. A.

The “Norma” Fantasies of Thalberg and Liszt:

A Comparison by Lisa Yui

From the Archives by Nancy Litten

Reviews

EPTA News

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  • Editorial
  • 42nd EPTA International Conference Report by Nadia Lasserson
  • Living in the Shadows: The Silent Struggle of Pianists with Playing-Related Injury by Barbara Lister-Sink
  • Heribert Koch in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Covid-19 and the Piano Concerto by Nancy Lee Harper
  • Chopin's Prelude in E minor: its subtle influence by Raymond Head
  • The "Norma” Fantasies of Thalberg and Liszt: A Comparison by Lisa Yui
  • Music for Solo Piano by John Speight by Kolbeinn Bjarnason
  • Setting the Record Straight: the Controversies of Double Beat Theory by Patrick Hem merle
  • Analysis of Chopin's Etudes Part 3
  • Durational Density by Kris Lennox
  • Reviews
  • NCKP: The Piano Conference 2021
  • EPTA News

 

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Contents

  • Editorial • A message from EPTA Germany
  • Piano Technique & Musical Artistry by Barbara Lister-Sink
  • Ida Gamulin in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • On recording the music of Roger-Ducasse by Patrick Hemmerlé
  • Rachmaninov's performance style: Rachmaninov as a concert pianist by Angelina Kopyrina and Laura Ritchie
  • The Originality of Schumann's Early Piano Works by Jui-Sheng Li
  • The rubato story - Chopin: Nocturne in E minor by Paul Hoffman
  • European Piano Teachers' Forum: EPTA Spain by Alberto Urroz with Nancy Lee Harper
  • Variations on a Theme of Chopin by Michael Stembridge-Montavont
  • Analysis of Chopin's Etudes Part 2 Chopin's Etudes: Just how big are they? by Kris Lennox
  • From the Archives by Nancy Litten 
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Editorial • EPTA Germany Annual Conference details
  • Christopher Elton in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Beethoven Frühling - a new Festival in Austria by a new Generation by Nancy Lee Harper
  • Women in Music: Nannette Streicher, Beethoven, and the Hammerklavier Sonata by Rory Dowse
  • “Left vs. Right”: Chopinʼs Etudes: An Analysis of Handedness & Bias by Kris Lennox
  • Teaching Piano Students with Four Types of Physical Disabilities by John Mortensen
  • From the Archives by Nancy Litten
  • Obituary: Eugene Christian Alcalay by Nancy Lee Harper Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Editorial • Remembering Elsebeth Brodersen
  • Chopin: The Raphael of the Piano by Alan Walker
  • Breathing and Pianism by Raymond Head
  • Martino Tirimo in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Signs of Life: A Survey of the Historic Improvisation Revival by John Mortensen
  • EPTA Conference Report by Nadia Lasserson Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Pascal Nemirovski in conversation
  • Niels Gade Unsung Hero
  • Beethoven Piano Society of Europe Concerts in 2020
  • EPTA Guernsey and the Fanny Davies International Piano Series
  • June Armstrong Ten Years On
  • News and Views
  • Reviews
  • EPTA Forum
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  • Editorial
  • Murray McLachlan talks to Eric Lu
  • Denis Matthews as teacher by Melvyn Cooper, Sarah-Beth Briggs and Julian Hellaby
  • An Afternoon to Remember: in conversation with Seymour Bernstein by Autumn Zander
  • From the Keyboard and the Archives: Perspectives on Richard Strauss by Carson Becke
  • Insights into the Creative Techniques of composer Morton Gould by Lee Evans
  • Music as Medicine by Marie McKavanaghFrom the Archives by Nancy LittenReviews
  • EPTA news
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  • Editorial
  • Peter Frankl in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • The Power of Bauer by John Joseph Mortensen
  • Dinner with De Pachmann by Harold Bauer
  • Memories of Harold Bauer as a Teacher
  • Parry and the Piano by Michael Trott
  • Piano Prodigies by Nancy Lee Harper
  • From the Archives by Nancy Litten
  • Substance over Style
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Boris Berman in conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Liszt and the Etude by Melvin Cooper
  • Symposium on Warming up
  • Jonathan Del Mar in conversation with Nadia Lasserson
  • Vierne Tragic Poet of the Piano by Autumn L. Zander
  • The Dispute by Raymond Fisher
  • Making Sense of Chopin’s Etude in E, op. 10 No. 3 by Roy Howat
  • 100 Years of Kharkiv Piano School by Marianna Chernyavska
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Murray McLachlan explores the life, music and unfailing spirit of Mieczysław Weinberg
  • Helsinki – 39th International Conference of EPTA Associations by Nadia Lasserson
  • Dinu Lipatti and Eugen Herrigel – An extract from Eric Schoones book “Walking up the Mountain Track, The Zen Way to Enlightened Musicianship”
  • Short masterpieces by French composers from the beginning of the 20th century: Ferté, Pierné, Goué, Paray and Delvincourt by Diane Andersen
  • Murray McLachlan talks to husband and wife pianists Dmitri Alexeev and Tatiana Sarkissova
  • Making Transcultural Connections Through Teaching Piano in China by Dr. Hao Huang and Dr. Tatiana Thibodeaux
  • Greetings from Slovenia: 19 years of tradition of Slovenian Piano Teachers’ Society – EPTA Slovenia by Primož Mavrič
  • From the Archives
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Elena Strikovskaya – Medtner Piano Sonatas
  • David Kuyken in Conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Ralph Kirkpatrick: Keyboard Musician by Canadian pianist and teacher Lawrence Jones
  • Tone Colours on the Piano: Acoustic Predisposition or Contextual Illusion? Part 2 by Miha Haas, Ljubljana Academy of Music, Slovenia
  • Teaching the Adult Beginner Piano Student by Jelena Simonović-Kovačević
  • Forum: EPTA Malta Yesterday and Today by Nancy Lee Harper, with Evelina Batey
  • From the Archives
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News 
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  • Kathryn Stott in Conversation with Murray McLachlan
  • Exploring the piano music of Sir Malcolm Arnold with Paul Harris and Leigh Barnett
  • Tone Colours on the Piano: Acoustic Predisposition or Contextual Illusion?  by Miha Haas, Ljubljana Academy of Music, Slovenia
  • Imagine with Impulse Music Consultants – promoting your musical career
  • From the Archives – by Nancy Litten
  • Forum – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – Is it relevant to Piano Teaching and Piano Acquisition Skills?
  • Obituary: Fernando Laires by Nancy Lee Harper
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News 
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  • Editorial
  • The International Chopin Festival in Mazovia
  • Symposium of Piano Competitions
  • Norma Fisher in Conversation
  • The challenges facing a new piano teacher
  • European Piano Teacher Forum: EPTA Finland
  • Reviews
  • Obituary: Peter Feuchtwanger
  • EPTA Conference 2016, Iceland
  • EPTA News 
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  • Editorial
  • In conversation with Artur Pizzaro
  • Memories of Moscow: Alicja Fiderkiewicz
  • The highly original piano technique of Vladinir de Pachmann
  • The Distinct Consideration of Piano Performance Technique and Skill
  • From the Archives
  • European Piano Teachers Forum: EPTA Sweden
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
  • Obituaries: Sheena Nicoll and Peter Feuchtwanger
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  • Editorial
  • In conversation with Noriko Ogawa
  • June Armstrong: Exploring the Night Sky
  • Murray McLachlan on Teaching
  • Nancy Lee Harper: Reflections on Piano Teaching
  • From the Archives
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
  • Obituaries: Maurice Hinson, Peter Katin and Sheena Nicoll
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  • Editorial
  • EPTA Conference report
  • In conversation with Leon McCawley
  • Debussy's Douze études
  • Annette Servadei and the complete piano works of Sibelius
  • Taneyev's musical inheritance
  • EPTA Portugal: growing pains and progress
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Editorial
  • Interview with Carlo Grante
  • A recorded history of Alexander Scriabin's piano music, Part 2
  • 45 Years at Chetham's School of Music
  • Bach, or Busoni?
  • EPTA Forum
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Editorial
  • Eugen Indjic
  • Alexander Scriabin
  • Movemnet Philosophies in Piano Playing
  • Following in Chopin's Footsteps
  • The Goldbergs - A Pianist's Dilemna?
  • EPTA Forum
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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  • Editorial and Letters
  • Benjamin Grosvenor
  • Jan Ekier
  • Memories of Dinu Lipatti
  • African folk music and the piano sonata
  • EPTA Forum
  • Reviews
  • EPTA News
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