Deborah Levy’s new novel, set in our pandemic-era present, contains the heat and desire of a European summer and the upward struggle of a soul. Jane Gleeson-White says she ‘read it like a thriller’.
Clara Haskil in a photograph used in the documentary ‘Clara Haskil. Le mystère de l'interprète’.
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Music is featured in most of Jane Austen’s novels and recent research is teaching us more about her personal love of music. What can it tell us about the world of Jane Austen?
Throughout the project, Beethoven’s genius loomed.
Circe Denyer
When Beethoven died, all he left behind were some sketches for his 10th Symphony. Now, thanks to the help of artificial intelligence, the composer’s vision is coming to life.
Henri Lehmann, portrait of Franz Liszt, 1839.
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As a concert pianist, Scott Davie has been searching for the spirit of Chopin since his teens. It’s taken him to Paris and Majorca and channeled tantalising notes through time.
Nardi Simpson plays the square piano, similar to one that arrived on the First Fleet.
Jamie Kidston
Four Indigenous composers were asked to create works for a square piano from a painful period in our nation’s history. They did so in creative, honest and powerful ways.
Toy pianos typically have a range of 12-36 keys, roughly one quarter the range of a full piano. But they are used by composers and music makers to write everything from concertos to pop songs.
Good golly! Little Richard in full flow, July 2000.
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Richard Wayne Penniman was one of a handful of pioneers who shaped the original rock and roll sound.
Randy Newman and Hildur Guðnadóttir have been nominated for their scores for ‘Marriage Story’ and ‘Joker,’ respectively.
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Audiences know what it’s like to listen to Beethoven’s iconic works - but to play his creations as a concert pianist is to grab the music with both hands and join the composer in a powerful battle.
Geoffrey Tozer was a child prodigy who struggled as an adult after the loss of his mother Verna.
Madman
A new film examines the life and tragic death of a concert pianist once hailed as our nation’s brightest prodigy - and a former PM’s accusations of neglect by cultural leaders.
Lee was able to communicate that disability is a part of humanity – not separate from it.
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Michael Atherton’s new book traces the history of pianos in Australia from the First Fleet to modernity. Despite concerns over its demise, the instrument is unlikely to disappear any time soon.
South African born pianist Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
Stephanus Muller
Debussy’s Clair de Lune, meaning ‘moonlight’, is one of the most easily recognised pieces of music, but its origins are complex. The piece was influenced by poetry, Baroque music and the Impressionist movement.
Brahms’ piano quartet in G minor was composed for a piano, a violin, a viola and a cello.
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Whoever finds it beautiful is beyond help, quipped critic Eduard Hanslick upon hearing Franz Liszt’s Sonata in B minor for the first time. Fortunately, posterity did not agree with him.
Profesora Titular de la UCLM. Galardonada por sus trabajos sobre música del cine español y sobre mujeres músicas de los siglos XIX y XX, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha