At the piano : interviews with 21st-century pianists / Caroline Benser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benser, Caroline Cepin, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pianists--Interviews.

Pianists.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xvii, 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

Summary:

In At Piano: Interviews with 21st-Century Pianist, Caroline Benser explores the kaleidoscopic world of 21st-century pianism through a series of extended interviews with eight major pianists: Leif Ove Andsnes, Jonathan Biss, Simone Dinnerstein, Marc-André Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Steven Osborne, Yevgeny Sudbin and Yuja Wang.

The Pianists represented here are not only virtuosos on their instrument, renowned for their renditions of classic works by Batch, Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, and Bartók but they are also dedicated to advancing pianism, commissioning and performing works by living composers, and revisiting and re-exploring musical possibilities neglected by their predecessors. Interviewees talk with benser about such matters as their first experience at the piano, the critical roles played by their earliest teachers, the literature they play, the instruments they prefer, the meaning of musicianship to them, and the joys and difficulties of a professional career doing what they love.

Teachers, students, and amateur pianist alike will learn about new and lesser-known piano literature, newly developed instruments that have extended the range of the keyboard, the phenomenal rise of pianists in such countries as China, and new research on pianists' injuries and healthy playing. At the piano is written not only for the specialist and nonspecialist pianist but also for all musicians and music lovers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Leif Ove Andsnes

Jonathan Biss

Simone Dinnerstein

Marc-André Hamelin

Stephen Hough

Steven Osborne

Yevgeny Sudbin

Yuja Wang.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discographies and index.

ISBN:

9780810881723

0810881721

9780810881730

081088173X

OCLC:

734002464