by Noah Markson | Oct 8, 2012 | People, Pianists
“I’ve been playing the piano almost all my life; I started the grades late so only got up to Grade 7 before I left school. After I got my Physics degrees I worked at the European Space Agency in Darmstadt for 36 years where I was responsible for a... 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...