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5 EDITORIAL Pianists who play Busoni’s Piano Concerto

6 Q&A Some questions for Boris Giltburg

7 New artist signings for DG and Sony Classical; pianists to look out for at this year’s Proms; looking ahead to this year’s Leeds International Piano Competition; a winner of the Terence Judd-Hallé Award; Eugen Indjic has died at the age of 76; a report from the Concours des Grands Amateurs in Paris; readers’ letters

10 OBITUARIES We remember the musical lives of Maurizio Pollini and Byron Janis, two very different pianists who died recently

12 ONE TO WATCH Jed Distler is enthused by the promising pianism of Magdalene Ho, who recently won the Clara Haskil Competition and plays with impressive maturity

14 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES In his regular column, Mark Ainley introduces the artistry of Benno Moiseiwitsch, one of the undisputed greats of the 20th century

16 MUSINGS OF A MUSICIAN In his latest column for International Piano, Kenneth Hamilton explores one of Liszt’s little-played opera paraphrases – Réminiscences de Robert le Diable, after Meyerbeer – and places Liszt’s work in the context of the original opera

18 M Charivari on the elusive experience of being moved by a performance

32 PERSONAL TOUCH Daan Vandewalle has taken the bold step of recording Sorabji’s Opus clavicembalisticum,

on five discs, and he talks about the character of this unique work and his experience with it in performance

40 NUTS AND BOLTS Murray McLachlan offers advice on how to practise trills

44 FESTIVALS GUIDE Jonathon Brown surveys the comings and goings of pianists at this summer’s festivals, in the United Kingdom and across Europe, whetting the appetite for events in store

REVIEWS 48 CRITICS’ CHOICE Our selection of the finest new releases, with the top album being named International Piano Choice

50 NEW RELEASES Our reviews coverage is more extensive than ever, as we assess new recordings by Yunchan Lim, Lucas Debargue, Nelson Goerner, Yundi, Julius Asal, Piers Lane, Paul Wee and many others

62 Nigel Simeone launches a regular round-up, reviewing new releases encompassing some intriguing corners of the repertoire

68 LIVE REVIEWS Farhan Malik reports on the ongoing concert season in New York; Michael Church offers a round-up of London recitals

72 SHEET MUSIC Murray McLachlan on volumes of Beethoven Bagatelles and William Hurlstone

74 MUSIC OF MY LIFE Markus Becker chooses five recordings that have helped to shape him as a musician

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20 MISHKA M M The British pianist has recorded an album of Elizabethan music by Byrd, Bull, Gibbons and Sweelinck for Hyperion. Jessica Duchen talks to her about the appeal of this distinctive music and bringing it to life on a modern piano

24 ALEXIS WEISSENBERG This month’s ‘Polarising Pianist’ is a Bulgarian-born French pianist who played as if determined to provoke a response. Bryce Morrison assesses the legacy of Alexis Weissenberg

28 GRIGORY GINZBURG Farhan Malik continues his research into 20th-century Russian pianists by examining the life and legacy of Grigory Ginzburg, whose treasured recordings were hardly known outside the Soviet Union during his lifetime

34 LISZT’S In this month’s ‘Repertoire Guide’, Ates¸ Orga traces the compositional and recording history of one of Liszt’s most charming and evocative works, published as a supplement to the second book of Années de pèlerinage and concluding with an effervescent and virtuosic Tarantella www.international-piano.com

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