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November-December 20 International Piano International NO.46 NOV/DEC 2017 £5.50 www.international-piano.com AFTER THE DELUGE INSIDE Russia’s Revolution SHEET MUSIC and its musical PIANO TOPOGRAPHY repercussions BY EUAN MOSELEY SEE PAGE 55 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 PLUS WINNER FREE 2018 TAKES ALL? COMPETITIONS WALLPLANNER Piano competitions and their drawbacks PERSONAL TOUCH Ivan Ilić rediscovers the music of Reicha PLUS How to fi x your broken chords Kissin refl ects on success Gould’s Goldbergs LOUIS revisited www.international-piano.com LORTIE 11> Fluency and focus 077005 772042 9 IPND17_001_Cover_0910OM.indd 2 12/10/2017 14:03 COOPER COMPETITION AT OBERLIN PIANO 2018 For ages 13-18 $20,000 First Prize Finals with The Cleveland Orchestra broadcast live on WCLV 104.9 FM Travel assistance available Application Deadline: April 15, 2018 Finals: July 20, 2018 THE COOPER COMPETITION Presented by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and The Cleveland Orchestra, the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition showcases the most promising young musicians from around the world. Now in its ninth year, the competition features more than $40,000 in prize money as well as full-tuition scholarships to attend Oberlin Conservatory of Music. George Li, ROGER MASTROIANNI 2010 First Prize. www.oberlin.edu/cooper IPND17.indd 2 13/10/2017 09:25:54 CONTENTS ELIAS PHOTOGRAPHY IRINA POPA 18 36 CLIVE BARDA CARL HYDE 61 82 Contents 5 EDITORIAL 39 WIN SOME, LOSE SOME 69 BACH CATALOGUE 27 AFTER THE DELUGE Embodied performers Stephen Wigler examines Revisiting Glenn Gould’s IP examines the musical the pros and cons of Goldberg Variations repercussions of Russia’s 6 LETTERS piano competitions 1917 Revolution Your thoughts and 71-79 NEW RELEASES comments 45 COMPETITIONS DIARY CDs, books & sheet music 32 NORTHERN STATES IP’s pick of the key Is there such a thing as a 9 NEWS & EVENTS competitions in 2018 80 TAKE FIVE ‘Nordic style’ of piano Injured Lang Lang Unconventional jazz playing? We find out from ‘borrows’ spare hand | 49 KEY NOTES master Mike Nock two Scandinavian masters Steinway Family turns 25 | Broken chords and why Andreas Haefliger signs they deserve practice 82 MUSIC OF MY LIFE 36 PERSONAL TOUCH with BIS Records | Leon McCawley recalls Ivan Ilić rediscovers the and more… 53 SHEET MUSIC his favourite recordings music of Antoine Reicha Piano Topographs by Euan from childhood 12 ONE TO WATCH Moseley GIVE THE GIFT OF A Pianist and composer MAGAZINE THIS CHRISTMAS! Yuanfan Yang 58 FESTIVAL FOCUS SPECIAL FEATURES 35% OFF! Víkingur Ólafsson’s 14 COMMENT stimulating Swedish 18 NOTES FROM A Can musical talent make Vinterfest GOLDEN AGE us mentally unbalanced? 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