The sentiment and spirit of SHARING and GIVING is the essence of Maria João Pires ' project called 'PARTITURA'. "The concept is very...

Many people asked: What kind of healing are you doing in your piano workshops and why healing at all ? To start with, allow me to explain...

COLOURING IN as a simple activity that does not require any special ability even though it deals with colours and consequently their...

Spreading a unique interdisciplinary vision and approach to music and arts around the globe - helping to develop authentic creative...

On 1st of April 2025 (and I honestly believed it was April Fool's Day joke), I opened my PC and tried to log into my account just to get...

Ludwig van Beethoven: 32 Piano Variations in C Minor on an Original Theme, WoO 80, a composition for solo piano, written in 1806. I am...

There are two basic kinds of mindsets that shape our lives (but also shape us as artists): Fixed mindset Growth mindset Are you the one...

You are warmly invited to attend my piano recital: 'ROMANTIC PIANO' which will take place on 14/02/2025 at the 'Maria João Pires’ Hall in...

The main problem in the present system of education and also health care as I see it is - time. The teacher, the health practitioner have...

This holiday season I prepared a special recital as a gift to you all with the pieces that are easy to listen to and equally easy to...

Beethoven's piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. His very last sonata. Especially its majestic second movement ( Arietta: Adagio...

It is not easy to be a prodigy child. It is an entirely different life where you feel like you are from another planet almost all the...

Freedom of artistic expression comes from hard discipline and mastering structure. Whatever that structure might be, including yourself....

A recital dedicated to J.S. Bach - approached from an unusual angle. All that people usually know about Bach is that he was an extremely...

It's not so much the quantity of practice than the quality of practice. Efficiency is the key. Intelligent, conscious, systematic,...

What makes a concert pianist ? 1. Talent 10% consists of: ~ a keen ear for music ~ strong finger dexterity ~ a good sense of rhythm ~ an...

People tend to over-explain when they feel that there has been a miscommunication, or even lack of communication from one side,...

John Field, (July 26, 1782 - January 23, 1837) was an Irish virtuoso pianist and composer, and is widely known as the inventor of the...

A student asked me recently: "My 60 min class doesn’t seem long enough. I have so many questions, and so many ideas ..... I wanted to ask...

For concert pianists or any other music performers, stepping on stage to perform is the end goal; to go out there are share with...