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A *'Schubertiade' will happen in Greece too - for the first time ! It will include a piano recital and an art display. This greatly...

You know the saying: *"Knock, and the door will open to you". Well sometimes, we keep knocking, and the door doesn't open. There are many...

I am deeply immersed in re-discovering wonderful Domenico Scarlatti's sonatas for keyboard right now. I am playing 5 sonatas at the...

There could be no art if you struggle to open your heart, if you struggle to stand vulnerable in front of everyone, if your emotions are...

How true and how heart-touching is that !? For us pianists, our pianos remain our best friend throughout our entire lives. Life goes on,...

In this picture above that I created, I tried to show how I 'see' what happens when we play. Just a glimpse of it though ... This is...

Robert Schumann … again …. and again .... What to say about my favourite composer ? How to describe the wealth and the immense depth of...

On this day in 1750, Johann Sebastian Bach passed away. Profoundly versatile in its core, the great German composer’s immense catalogue...

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest pianists that ever lived - Maria João Pires . Thank you for the MUSIC and for all that I have...

I am wholeheartedly against competitions in music (and art) in general. I always felt that they are contradicting the nature and the purpose of music and art. Especially, when beginners and young children are in question. And whenever I had to compete with others to achieve something, I felt uneasy and going against my own nature. In very young students, who are still trying to find themselves in music (and life), focusing on and participating in competitions creates wrong ha

In early 19th century Vienna, the “Schubertiades”, salon sessions where the composer Franz Schubert was a central figure and where the...

Photo: This miniature of Julie (or Giulietta) Guicciardi was found in Beethoven’s desk after he died. The Immortal Beloved (German...

I can't wait to share this absolutely divine music with my audience - music that heals, consoles, uplifts, transforms .... I truly...

"Ever so radiant Maria Maria João Pires - shining from within, then on what she plays, and then on her audience. It isn't the size of ...

If an artist needs to act/behave certain way to be accepted - then I am glad not to be. I have rarely fitted anywhere, and now, I fully...

What can we do to bring classical music closer to everyone, especially those underprivileged and disadvantaged, who did not have a...

To all interprets out there: listening to good quality music is so important ! Regardless of which instrument you play, listening every...

“Love me well … I ask for much, because I give much.” ~ Robert Schumann There are many myths connected to Schumann (June 8, 1810 - July...

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art...