Monthly Archives: July 2015

“Of course you were first prize, my dear. But the jury were instructed not to award the prizes because we don’t have the money.” This is what one harpsichordist was told by the business manager of a European competition after they didn’t

Practicing on the concert-grand in the empty recital hall one afternoon, I became more and more distracted by

Fascinating, yes, to hear two interpretations side by side. But don’t you think each had something to learn from the other? Did you notice how she played the soprano melodies more convincingly, and he played

Or should it be, “Does acoustics matter?” This is just one of the many