Pianist 90 June-July 2016 The next issue of Pianist goes on sale 29 July 2016 78 CONTENTS 67 76 4 Editor’s Note 6 Readers’ Letters 8 News Pianist wins Digital Publication of the Year, Markson Pianos on the silver screen, UK summer festivals up close, a new Brendel box set and more 12 Behzod Abduraimov This young Uzbekistani pianist is taking the world – and the summer festival circuit – by storm. Jessica Duchen catches up with him between tours 16 How to Play Masterclass 1 Mark Tanner on creating a big-picture overview of the music you play 18 How to Play Masterclass 2 Graham Fitch on the thumb. See his online lessons at www.pianistmagazine.com 20 How to Play 1 Melanie Spanswick on Burgmüller’s Innocence (Scores page 32) 22 How to Play 2 Janet Newman on MacDowell’s A Tin Soldier’s Love (Scores page 40) 24 How to Play 3 Lucy Parham on the Brahms Intermezzo op 118 no 2 (Scores page 60) 12 27 The Pianist Digital Store Find out about our library of sheet music, with scores for as little as £1! 27 The Scores A pull-out section of 40 pages of sheet music for all levels 45 Beginner Keyboard Class Hans-Günter Heumann’s Lesson No 18: Finger Fitness exercises 67 Paul Lewis He’s commited the mighty Brahms Piano Concerto No 1 to disc, so why has Paul Lewis always found Brahms such a challenge? Erica Worth asks him 68 Understanding Theory Investigating intervals 70 Subscribe today for just £4.50 an issue by Direct Debit and choose your free Graded Piano Player book from Faber 72 Erik Satie Peter Quantrill’s voyage through the life of this eccentric Frenchman shows us there’s so much more than Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes 76 Martha Argerich She might be turning 75, but there’s no stopping this lioness of the keyboard. Inge Kjemtrup previews some of the Martha recordings we can get our hands on this year 82 78 The Cobbe Collection This famous Surrey estate is home to keyboards owned by such illustrious composers as Liszt, Beethoven and Chopin. Plus, a list of other keyboard collections to visit 82 Frankfurt’s Musikmesse At the annual Frankfurt Musikmesse this April, many flashy designer pianos were on show, but the biggest surprise was that white has become the new black, as Gez Kahan discovers 86 CD Reviews Daniil Trifonov takes top spot with his glittering Rachmaninov variations, Bengt Forsberg does women composers proud and Lars Vogt makes the Goldbergs his own 88 Sheet Music Review Eccentric Satie, music inspired by water, scholarly Chopin and more 89 Classifieds Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter Make sure you keep in touch with our editorial team and receive exclusive extra articles and interviews. To register, visit: www.pianistmagazine.com Cover photo: © Cristian Fatu. Images this page: Cobbe Collection (keyboard); © Cristian Fatu (Abduraimov); Sonja Werner/Warner Classics (Argerich); Josep Molina (Lewis) 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.