Pianist

For the passionate players, or early beginners, Pianist magazine will teach you the art of piano playing through professional advice, sheet music and lessons for all levels. Your piano playing journey starts here with the magazine that doubles as an entertaining read and the ultimate interactive piano teacher. Read, learn and play the piano with Pianist magazine every issue. Improve your piano playing and perfect your tone with 40 pages of specially selected sheet music. Whether it’s reading fascinating industry articles or putting your fingers to work with beautiful sheet music, you’ll be playing like an expert in no time with a digital subscription to Pianist magazine!

The pianist’s voice

Pianist

Pitch perfect • A gifted piano tuner with a meticulous skill for tuning pianos (and for cracking safes) is the subject of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher’s latest film. Erica Worth meets him

A new era for the B series • This past April saw the launch of three new models in Yamaha’s popular acoustic upright range: John Evans went along to try them out

Adventures with Mozart • Jean-Efflam Bavouzet talks to Peter Quantrill about the brutality and beauty of the composer’s piano concertos, and how the sonatas are still a mountain left to climb

TRANSITIONS CONNECTING THE SECTIONS IN A PIECE • You’re only as strong as your weakest link, as they say, so perfect your transitions and you’ll feel so much more in control, says Mark Tanner

THE LEGATO MYTH HAND, FOOT, OR BOTH? • Graham Fitch looks at examples from the repertoire where hand-only legato is desirable – then discusses other examples where we can rely on the pedal to make the connections

GABRIEL FAURÉ ROMANCE SANS PAROLES OP 17 NO 1 • From the caress of a key to the well-judged depression of the pedal, subtlety is what you’re aiming for in this early Fauré work, says Matthew Mills

JOHANNES BRAHMS INTERMEZZO OP 119 NO 3 • Unlike Brahms’s earlier showpieces, this graceful Intermezzo relies on a deep musical understanding, says Lucy Parham, who guides you through its many mixed emotions, bar by bar

MEL BONIS DOUCE AMIE FROM ALBUM POUR LES TOUT-PETITS OP 103 • This attractive, romantic miniature is a lesson in soft-chord playing and sweetness of tone, explains Melanie Spanswick

Louis KÖHLER (1820-1886) • Easiest Practice Piece Op 190 No 31

Melanie SPANSWICK • At the Fiesta

Mel BONIS (1858-1937) • Douce Amie Op 103 No 20

Wolgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) • Viennese Sonata No 5 in F K439b, first movement

Erik SATIE (1866-1925) • Idylle, No 1 from Avant-dernières pensées

Amy FERGUSON • Relámpago

Felix MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) • Song without Words Op 19b No 4

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) • Prelude in C sharp major BWV 848

Charles-Valentin ALKAN (1813-1888) • Barcarolle Op 38 No 6

Fanny HENSEL (1805-1847) • Lied Op 8 No 3

François COUPERIN (1668-1733) • Les petits moulins à vent

Cécile CHAMINADE (1857-1944) • Élévation Op 76 No 2

Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924) • Romance sans paroles Op 17 No 1

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897) • Intermezzo Op 119 No 3

─ PIANO TEACHER HELP DESK ─ Singing through your fingers • How do we get our pupils to play expressively through their fingers so that they produce a sweet cantabile? Kathryn Page has lots of strategies on offer

From Liszt to Lang Lang THE SUPERSTAR PHENOMENON • What makes a pianist stand out from the crowd? What are the qualities that create the magic? Melissa Khong takes us on a superstar journey from past to present and reveals the X factor in piano playing

CONTROVERSIES AT THE CONSERVATOIRE • Cover star Jean-Efflam Bavouzet...