International Piano

International Piano offers a rich mix of inspiration and guidance to pianists and piano fans around the world, from dedicated amateurs and students to professional pianists, teachers and aficionados. Celebrating the piano in all its forms, including the fortepiano and digital keyboards, each edition of our magazine is packed with interviews, features, news and reviews showcasing the top artists of today and yesteryear.

Balancing a career

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international Piano NEWS & NOTES

Lukas Sternath wins Terance Judd-Hallé Award

Ryan Zhu wins in Hastings

NEWS IN BRIEF

Obituaries

Ann Schein

Seymour Bernstein

Jean-Bernard Pommier

Chetham’s Summer School at 25 • Claire Jackson reflects on a quarter of a century of collective learning in Manchester

Historical Perspectives • Mark Ainley celebrates the pioneering recordings of Artur Schnabel, including the first complete cycle of Beethoven’s piano sonatas to be preserved on disc

Musings of a musician • Kenneth Hamilton pays tribute to the unsung heroes of the piano world – the piano technicians whose meticulous and highly skilled work enables pianists to sound their best

Forgotten treasures • Jeremy Nicholas goes in search of information on the British pianist Helen Guest and the Anglo-French composer Frédéric d’Erlanger, with mixed success

Learning to breathe • Peter Donohoe is known for his voracious appetite for repertoire, from 20th‑century Russians to ongoing cycles of Mendelssohn for Chandos and Haydn for Signum, and he’s never short of a good story. Jeremy Nicholas meets him

Expanding the canon • Concluding a two-part feature, Simon Callaghan reports on publicising recordings and the joy of seeing little-known music gain a foothold in the repertoire

Maurizio Pollini: beauty and strength • Bryce Morrison considers the legacy of a great Italian pianist famed for his combination of technical precision and emotional reserve

Personal Touch • Charlotte Hu introduces her Pentatone album of Granados’s Goyescas and reveals her love of Spanish character and colour

Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos, K448 • David Threasher surveys the variety of approaches to Mozart’s best-known work for two pianos and recommends his favourite recordings

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

NUTS AND BOLTS • A manual breaking down aspects of piano technique with practical advice and step-by-step guidance for players of all standards, written for International Piano by Murray McLachlan

Love and festivals in a time of war • Unfolding the map, Jonathon Brown scans the horizon, armed with cake, cream and chardonnay

Gieseking on the wing • Jed Distler offers a summary of Meloclassic’s magisterial anniversary set of Walter Gieseking’s live and broadcast performances

Critics’ choice

INTERNATIONAL PIANO CHOICE

SOLO REPERTOIRE

PIANO CONCERTOS

A quarterly round-up • Nigel Simeone casts an ear over a varied selection of recent piano recordings

Live Reviews

REVIEWS • BOOK

Celebrating the piano’s music and musicians

REVIEWS • SHEET MUSIC

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International Piano • NEXT ISSUE AUTUMN 2026

More than just the notes • Johann Blanchard reflects on finding musical freedom on a selection of five of his favourite recordings