Pianist 111
December 2019-January 2020
The next issue of Pianist goes on sale 24 January 2020
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4 Editor’s Note
4 Reader Competition Three
lucky readers to receive a Beethoven 2020 pocket diary 6 Readers’ LettersRepertoire struggles and plenty of reader opinions on ‘wobbly sight’ 8 Christmas GiftsAlbums, books and pianos – all you need for the piano-aholics in your life 10 Mozart in China Writer Peter
Quantrill travels east to report on the Zhuhai International Mozart Competition finals 12 Lola AstanovaUp close with
the charismatic pianist who isn’t afraid to rustle a few feathers 16 How to Play Masterclass 1
Mark Tanner presents plenty of tips on how to master those frustratingly tricky passages 18 How to Play Masterclass 2
Graham Fitch picks out the best technical exercises for beginners and lower-intermediates
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20 How to Play 1 The accents
make all the difference in Biehl’s For your birthday, says Melanie Spanswick (Scores p36) 22 How to Play 2Nils Franke
introduces us to Cimarosa’s keyboard sonatas, where performance directions are almost non existent (Scores p52) 24 How to Play 3Make sure you
keep the integrity of Glinka’s The Lark intact, says Lucy Parham (Scores p59) 26 WIN a Korg B2SP piano! 27 The ScoresChristmas is
coming: Silent Night,Winter Wonderland and Lyapunov’s Chanteurs de Noël all feature 28 Beginner Keyboard Class
Master the art of warming up with Hans-Günter Heumann 67 Piano Teacher Help Desk
How do we deal with our unprepared students? Get them to fall in love with the music, says Kathryn Page
Cover photo: © Misha Levintas; Clockwise, from top left: © Spike Gerrell; © Nancy Ellison Polaris; © Studio Claerhout, Ghent Notice: Every effort has been made to secure permission for copyrighted material in this magazine, however, should copyrighted material inadvertently have been used, copyright acknowledgement will be made in a later issue of the magazine.
68 Playing by EarJohn Geraghty’s series continues with the Circle of Fifths and more 72 Eyes Wide Open Need help with your sight-reading skills? Expert Paul Harris is on hand with useful advice 76 Finger Fitness A workout for your digits does you good in so many ways, says Alisdair Hogarth 80 Chris Maene John Evans travels to Belgium to meet the man behind the straight-strung piano 84 Festival Spirit Joe Laredo on the pros (and joys) of taking part in competitive festivals 86 Album Reviewslegendary jazz, feisty Prokofiev and a sizzling Iberia
88 Sheet Music Reviews
Philip Martin in New York, Bartók for Christmas and more 90 Subscribe today and receive a FREE book of Christmas pieces 90 Classifieds
