#Lockdown has really highlighted how easy it is to take #movement for granted! With the easing of restrictions taking small steps, the...

Today we wake up with a new slogan to guide our lives through this next #phase of #COVID19#Lockdown in the UK - #stayalert It’s hard not...

As #Lockdown stubbornly persists I would like to continue to think I can continue to bring a few moments of musical inspiration to you,...

We have come to Z. The last letter in this project reflects the endeavours of Alexander Siloti. He pushed #piano #technique to new...

Sometimes the signs are all around us. Distractions, convenience of ‘ready-processed’ information, laziness, denial, closed-minds and...

Has anyone else noticed the wonderful new #lockdown phenomenon where people walk out of the front door timidly, then gathering more and...

In the recent weeks we’ve heard far too much #rhetoric for comfort about #war, #restriction of liberties, #sacrifice and the instigation...

To say that 2020 has thrown an #unexpected spanner in the works is probably one of the biggest #understatements I can make. Oh well, in...

The murmurs about when and how #Lockdown will end are gathering momentum just as it has been extended for another three weeks. People are...

I never thought I’d think, let alone say this, but - as the Government has officially extended #Lockdown by 3 more weeks - when will we...

When that a cetain absurd air of pompous self-importance lingers around, it’s only a matter of seconds before eyes roll. For #Debussy it...

Contorting fingers in quite a popular #pastime at the #piano. Virtuoso pianists in the twentieth century were especially fond of what...

#Words usually dictate - that is their downfall. Too often we see or hear words and act according to their instuction, or repeat them,...

#Meditation has somehow been adopted into #trend. Social media is flooded with meditation tutorials, books give us a run down of the...

Pianos - #Klaviers - were not very popular. They were unable to match the power of harpsichords, and clavichord were already popular...

As society the unquestioning trust for the written word, and the weight collectively given to common opinion (or the ‘normal way’ of...

Turning to letter D I reflected on the idea that in times of difficulty perhaps the most important thing we can dare to do is to #dream. ...

The letter C conjures up a whole wealth of associations, both musical and not. After thinking about many contenders for this post I...

It's the second surreal week of '#Lockdown' in the United Kingdom. No one knows when restrictions will be lifted, but it does not seem...

Turning off onto the embankment of the Fontanka the hubbub of Saint Petersburg’s Nevsky Prospekt almost immediately melts away. In that...