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On a recent trip to Baden Baden, Germany, Julian and Simon Markson were invited along with other European dealers for a first glimpse at the new Bösendorfer...
“I met James Brawn, who performs at Markson Pianos Concert Series, through his record label MSR Classics which I’ve been looking after for...
“Too few of us have social responsibilities, as musicians and as artists. I think some of us are afraid of taking social responsibility...
Robert Stoodley and Linda Ang (Piano duo)
LA Ours is a unique journey as we met on a dating website to begin with, nothing to do with music!
RS It took...
“I liked Yugoslavia. It was my country and I had a lot of friends everywhere. Every year I played solo concerts, and also concerts with...
“I loved piano, I played since I was a small child; I had one tune that I made up when I was really young. I ended up going to the Royal Academy of Music...
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...
“In my next concert I’ll be playing Janacek, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and also contemporary composers; Borenstein and Waley-Cohen.
I have an interest...
“I do a lot of ‘accompanying’ work for students taking exams and diplomas, but the kind of piano playing I like to do as a professional performer...
“What I’ve heard recently in the last twelve months, in London, are so many young pianists, and certainly in the conservatories, who play the big...
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...
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...
A short excerpt recording of Piano Circus at Markson Pianos in March 2014. Recorded by Sound Engineer Wayne McIntyre.
Filmed on a Canon 7D. https://ww...
“Nadia Boulanger was born 1887 and lived to 1979 and was just a unique musical talent. She had a younger sister whom she revered. Nadia and Lili both studied...