by Noah Markson | Aug 6, 2012 | Markson Pianos
“I got up to Grade VI piano when I was around 16, then I gave it up. I didn’t have the patience to do all the technical training that now, as an adult, I realise you have to do. I started again when I was 40. I’d inherited my mother’s old piano, a little baby... by Noah Markson | Aug 6, 2012 | People, Pianists
“I sometimes think about the way musicians look at the piano and about the relationship we pianists have with our instrument. You open a violinist’s case and you see pictures of family, friends, loved ones. They cherish their instrument, polish it, always handle... by Noah Markson | Jul 20, 2012 | Pianists
“My brother Tom was a pianist living in London and we’d become estranged. He had problems and was drinking heavily. I live in Ireland and found this wonderful old 1920’s house by the sea; the woman who sold it lived next door. My whole family were due to get... by Noah Markson | Jul 15, 2012 | Composer
“I was intrigued by Mozart Sonatas and remixed them using the language of electro-acoustic music combined with piano. I’m a keen pianist, instead of playing the music myself I had the idea of using recordings of other people playing, and manipulate their... by Noah Markson | Jul 3, 2012 | Pianists
“It was the 1970’s, I was seven and my sister was five and we had to flee from Chile; we lived in Santiago. My granny used to play the Tango on the piano when my Dad was very young, Tango was very modern then and that’s what everyone was doing. She...