Pianist

For the passionate players, or early beginners, Pianist magazine will teach you the art of piano playing through professional advice, sheet music and lessons for all levels. Your piano playing journey starts here with the magazine that doubles as an entertaining read and the ultimate interactive piano teacher. Read, learn and play the piano with Pianist magazine every issue. Improve your piano playing and perfect your tone with 40 pages of specially selected sheet music. Whether it’s reading fascinating industry articles or putting your fingers to work with beautiful sheet music, you’ll be playing like an expert in no time with a digital subscription to Pianist magazine!

Playing the long game

Pianist

Lullaby takes top prize • Announcing the winner of the 2025 Pianist Composing Competition

RUSTEM HAYROUDINOFF • talks to Pianist about his latest Bach & Sons recording for Onyx Records

From Ukraine, with love • Margaret Fingerhut talks to Peter Quantrill about reviving forgotten repertoire and making connections – between composers, audiences and the wider world

STAYING POWER THE GENTLE WAY TO BUILD STAMINA • The ability to sustain stamina at the keyboard doesn’t mean building muscles. It’s as much about the mental as the physical, says Mark Tanner, who takes a kinder, more mindful approach

PRACTISING FOR A PERFORMANCE PART 3: THE FINAL TOUCHES • Graham Fitch rounds off his three-part series by looking at the various practising steps one needs to take as the big day approaches

THE SCORES • Pianist 143 • Read the lessons • Play the scores

MEL BONIS GAI PRINTEMPS OP 11 • What better way to celebrate all things springtime and sunny, than with a refreshingly optimistic waltz by French composer Mel Bonis. Matthew Mills discusses the challenges

TERESA CARREÑO LITTLE WALTZ ‘MI TERESITA’ • The Venezuelan pianist Clara Rodriquez guides you through this charming waltz composed by fellow countrywoman Teresa Carreño

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY THE NEW DOLL OP 39 NO 6 • Hands separate practice is a prerequisite, says Melanie Spanswick, in order to achieve the fleeting and improvisatory feel this miniature requires

Johann Willhelm HÄSSLER (1747-1822) • Minuet in C

Melanie SPANSWICK • Wispy Waltz

Félix LE COUPPEY (1811-1887) • L’Alphabet Op 17 No 3

Cécile CHAMINADE (1857-1944) • Prélude from Album des Enfants Op 123 No 1

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) • The New Doll from Album for the Young Op 39 No 9

Alfredo CASELLA (1883-1947) • Siciliana, No 6 from 11 Pezzi Infantili Op 35

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896) • Klavierstück in E flat WAB 119

Mykola LYSENKO (1842-1912) • Moment of Despair Op 40 No 1

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791) • Andante from Sonata in C K 545

Elisabetta De GAMBARINI (1731-1765) • Tambourin Op 2 No 7

Mel BONIS (1858-1937) • Gai Printemps

Sergei BORTKIEWICZ (1877-1952) • Consolation Op 17 No 4

Teresa CARREÑO (1853-1917) • Little Waltz ‘Mi Teresita’

PIANO TEACHER HELP DESK Turning the tentative into tigers • Why do many amateur pianists sound terrified when they play? Why are they reluctant to venture beyond the mezzo forte dynamic as they practise? Kathryn Page discusses

AN 88-KEY MIRACLE • Thinking of returning to the piano after a long hiatus? Or tempted to start out as a beginner now you’re retired? Then take inspiration from Reverend Ray Eveleigh, who passed his Grade 8 with distinction at the age of 88. Warwick Thompson discovers the challenges he faced, and the secrets to his success

YOUR TURN • Whether you try to do it yourself or ask an anxious friend for help, a swift turn of the page is...