His or Her Song?
Mikhail Lermontov was perhaps the most esteemed Russian Romantic poet of the Golden Age after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. ...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 25, 2020
- 2 min
A Saint Petersburg Debut!
An afternoon personal guided-excursion of the city to calm the nerves and help settle the mind from yesterday's day of masterclasses; a...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 23, 2020
- 7 min
British-Russian Crossroads: Exchanges of Words & Music
No cultural exchange is complete without a good get-together for some direct and honest conversations. This is why when planning for...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 22, 2020
- 4 min
Conversations in Words & Song with the Masters
As the morning arrived on the opening day of the Saint Petersburg part of the project, Alexandria, Emelia, Ugne, Jonathan and Liam had...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 21, 2020
- 2 min
This is London calling!
Standing underneath the sign ‘International Arrivals’ at Saint Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport I found it hard to work out what I was...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 21, 2020
- 5 min
There, that's better...
Have you ever thought you were being ‘helpful’ only to find that your meddling was… unhelpful? This blog post is a bit of a...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 19, 2020
- 2 min
To Hit, or not to hit…
Words are pretty important. The English adage – ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’ – sums up their power in much the same way as...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 12, 2020
- 3 min
A Russian debut, Chez Scriabin!
Today marked my Moscow debut. A long time ago I made a promise to myself that I would treat every concert appearance with the same degree...
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@MariaPianist
- Feb 9, 2020
- 4 min
To Russia, with Song!
In just a few days I'll be travelling to Russia to perform as a soloist, with some wonderful colleagues... and with reinforcements! Back...
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