"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 written a heartfelt message to someone you admired and/or really cared about – and then had the painful experience of...

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...

About 4 percent of the people on Earth experience a mysterious phenomenon called synaesthesia. The word 'synaesthesia' has Greek roots....

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

Someone asked me how I feel during my recitals, or concerts. At first, I really did not know what to say as there are thousands of...

To be a pianist is NOT a job ! It is who we are. We start playing at a very tender age of 3 - 5 and continue playing for many hours,...

Repeated by request. Fully booked again. Thank you so very much. ❤ 🙏 . There is going to be a slight change in the programme. But I will...

Physical changes in the brain: Positive changes in the power and structure of the brain have been observed after as little as 5 months regular playing at a beginner level. These positive effects can be observed even when learning later in life as a retirement hobby. Learning to play piano increases motor control, listening, memory (especially of audio information). The benefits extend beyond the activity of playing the piano into your everyday lives. They impact ability to pl