"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...

"I feel that music has the power to heal, like a powerful balm, by taking us to worlds beyond where there is no suffering of any kind." ~...

Xenia: You are the founder and the president director of the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition, and the founder and...

Interpreting music is for me - discovering and finding myself in what composers have written. Contrary to what many believe there is a...

There is a trend in the pianism today – to play the most complicated, fast paced, technically demanding piano pieces. To impress rather...

Have you ever sent a message to someone — simply reaching out and hoping to connect — only to experience the quiet pain of seeing that they read your words, yet never replied ? In moments like that, it is easy for the mind to turn inward. We begin to wonder whether we mattered at all. We question our worth. We think, If they cared, surely they would have written back. And without realising it, silence can speak louder than words ever could. The truth is, there may be countles

Xenia: Please tell us about your Belgrade years and memories you have on the time spent there, where you worked as piano educator,...

I conducted an one hour and a half long interview with Mr Igor Lazko, on 1 February 2023 in Paris. Igor Lazko is a classical pianist and...

Illuminated soul - Illuminated thoughtfulness - Illuminated playing Beautiful Maria João Pires among stars where she takes us whenever...

An Aeolian harp (also wind harp) is a musical instrument that is played by the wind and therefore acts to symbolize the bridge between...

We (pianists) have to get in tune with each piano we play. Some more than 100 years old. It is an incredible experience to play on them....

The global music movement Piano City, after Berlin, Madrid, Milan, New York and other metropolitan cities, has arrived in Athens ! On 12,...

Why is Maria João Pires the best mentor for me ? I will tell you the story about an orchid that I got. I never wanted an orchid because I...

Around 4% of people on Earth experience a mysterious phenomenon known as synaesthesia. The word itself has Greek roots. The Greek term συναισθησία translates as “to perceive together.” Those who experience it are called synaesthetes. But what exactly is synaesthesia ? It is the ability to experience one sense through another—a phenomenon in which a stimulus in one sensory pathway automatically triggers a response in another. It is when we hear a sound and instantly see a col

Just a keyboard musical instrument or a bridge to that special place which transcends any other way of communication and is in return...