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Thomas Kelly wins the 2022 Sheepdrove Piano Competition After a weekend of closed and open heats at Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre on the afternoon of

Superb performances by Dinara Klinton of two masterworks: Beethoven op 111 and Prokofiev’s Eighth, the last of the ‘War’Sonatas. It was the Rachmaninov Elegie that

Victor Braojos‘s authority and intelligence at St Mary’s illuminates ‘Shreds of Light’. Playing of great authority and musicianship in a programme dedicated to his new

The essence of music with aristocratic intelligence and passion Nice to be back in the Mecca for pianists in West London. Especially when Jonathan Ferrucci

A quite astonishing recital from Andrea Molteni with a performance of Beethoven’s mighty Hammerklavier Sonata that was monumental in its relentless forward movement and total

A musician speaks with simplicity and poetry It is always stimulating to hear a recital by a real think musician and it was just this

Thomas Kelly astonished and seduced the select audience at the British Institute.Performances of such intelligence and musical understanding that gave new life to the two

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Michele Mariotti and Alessandro Taverna play Britten Piano Concerto op 13 on Good Friday in Rome. An early work written in 1938 receiving its first

They say miracles never strike twice in the same place but in the Eternal city they do. After Sokolov’s six encores last night we were

Nikita Lukinov – a masterly warrior with canons covered in flowers The last piano pieces written by Tchaikowsky – An Impromptu showing immediately a sense

Alexander Gadjiev at the Wigmore Hall with a monumental performance of the Schumann Fantasie of a radiance and beauty where his passionate and compassionate soul

A voyage of discovery of sumptuous beauty Petar Dimov playing in this new venue today two masterworks of the keyboard literature. Played with unusual intelligence

Astonished ,amazed and completely exhausted by a performance of staggering proportions by Thomas Kelly of Rachmaninov third piano concerto. I have heard Thomas play many

Brazil 200 and Keyboard Trust 30 – a collaboration born on wings of Brazilian song A wonderful evening in celebration of Brazil 200 and the

Axel Trolese in London for a live stream performance for the Keyboard Trust. A young musician mentored by Benedetto Lupo and Louis Lortie is certainly

Ilaria Cavalleri on her first trip to London and judging from the reception she received today it will be the first of many more. The

Two scintillating Scarlatti sonatas taken from his very interesting collection on his new CD. They opened the programme by the 23 year old Italian pianist

Cristian Sandrin at the National Liberal Club in a varied programme that showed off every facet of his quite considerable artistry. Opening with the Bach

Seduced by the weight and style of a great artist I have heard Pedro Lopez Salas before, encouraged to listen to a very talented student

The complete Mozart Sonata Festival Watch online now: Part 1 Part 2 We live in an age when it is difficult to hear a performance

Ilya Kondratiev at St Mary’s with a continuous outpouring of mellifluous sounds. From the clarity of the Bach-Marcello Concerto in D minor where the famous

Keyboard Trust Artist, George Todica, is the 2022 winner the Royal Over-Seas League Keyboard Prize. George said today “Congrats to the finalists Joanna Kacperek, Siyu

Leslie Howard beguiled his predominantly Chinese audience with his down to earth way of expressing his extraordinary scholarship and mastery of the piano. To hear