by Noah Markson | Oct 3, 2014 | Composer, People, Pianists, Uncategorised
Valerie Capers “Until my works are published they only exist in John’s handwriting. I wrote ‘Portraits in Jazz’ a long time ago. The first time ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) selected my work for their piano grade syllabus they picked...
by Noah Markson | Jul 24, 2014 | People, Pianists
“In my next concert I’ll be playing Janacek, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and also contemporary composers; Borenstein and Waley-Cohen. I have an interest in playing new music; I wanted to explore more than the Classical composers I was mainly playing; perform...
by Noah Markson | May 7, 2014 | Concerts & Events, Pianists
Márcio We try to have a mix of standard and contemporary repertoire in all our programmes. We find connections between the new pieces and the older pieces in the programme. For instance, we may work with a new composer who loves Schubert, so we pair his works with...
by Noah Markson | Mar 31, 2014 | Concerts & Events, Pianists
Generally I’ll start my practice session with a little warm-up, play some Bach, or something light, or something Romantic, just to get the blood going through the hands. Then I’ll look up the repertoire I’m performing at that particular time and...
by Noah Markson | Sep 5, 2013 | Concerts & Events, People, Pianists
“I’ve taught a huge number of private students from aged 7 up to college age from lower level up to concert level. As they approach college age I always told them there were two routes. First, they could try for the biggest names, i.e. Julliard, Curtis, Eastman, and...
by Noah Markson | Jul 17, 2013 | Concerts & Events, People, Pianists
Our first festival took place this year in April and it was fantastic. Financially we did far better than we thought we would and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We were trying out a brand new venue in the town which was taking a pretty major risk, but it...
