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@crosseyedpianist

Writer, publicist & concerts manager. Actual pianist, avid foodie, Lapsang souchong drinker, Burmese cat lover, AirBnB Superhost, Englishwoman 🔗https://linktr.ee/Crosseyedpianist

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Ben Neill, Mutantrumpet composer 'Become part of a scene or community, or even better lead one. And always think about challenging the expectations of your listeners at least once or twice in everything you make.'

'Become part of a scene or community, or even better lead one. And always think about challenging the expectations of your listeners at least once or twice in everything you make.'

Meet the Artist - Ben Neill, mutantrumpet composer

13.03.2026 14:29 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Evelyne Berezovsky, pianist 'For me, success is the feeling of complete immersion on stage — a loss of self where music exists without effort or self-consciousness'

'For me, success is the feeling of complete immersion on stage — a loss of self where music exists without effort or self-consciousness'

12.03.2026 14:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nicholas Scott-Burt’s 24 Preludes for Piano acknowledge the rich tradition of the genre 24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt Da-Hee Kim piano Premiere recording Listen to the opening measures of the sixth Prelude from Nicholas Scott-Burt’s 24 Preludes for Piano, and you might be forgiven for thinking this is actually by J S Bach, with its combination of rigour and elegance, counterpoint and Baroque flourishes. The ghost of Bach is also present in the very first Prelude of the set, redolent of the C major Prelude from Book 1 of the WTC in its processional momentum, its rhythm, and expression.

Nicholas Scott-Burt’s 24 Preludes for Piano acknowledge the rich tradition of the genre

24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt Da-Hee Kim piano Premiere recording Listen to the opening measures of the sixth Prelude from Nicholas Scott-Burt’s 24 Preludes for Piano, and you might be forgiven…

11.03.2026 14:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Victor-Louis Bak, pianist 'I see music as the expression of deeply human and universal emotions, and it is through connection with others that I nurture my inspiration'

'I see music as the expression of deeply human and universal emotions, and it is through connection with others that I nurture my inspiration'

11.03.2026 14:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tatiana Svetlova, composer 'A composition only truly comes alive when performed live, so relationships with musicians are essential.'

'A composition only truly comes alive when performed live, so relationships with musicians are essential.'

10.03.2026 14:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Launch concert for Siqian Li’s debut album Voyage Among Fragments this Tuesday 10 March 7pm @ Fidelio Café, Clerkenwell Road, London

Ticket price includes drinks & canapés

fidelio.cafe/product/voya...

08.03.2026 16:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Isabelle O’Connell, pianist 'Listen to as much music as you can and be curious to discover new things. Get out of the practice room and go to concerts.'

Isabelle O’Connell, pianist

'Listen to as much music as you can and be curious to discover new things. Get out of the practice room and go to concerts.'

08.03.2026 14:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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08.03.2026 06:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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2026 Spring Concert - Haydn's Creation — Leith Hill Music Festival This event is open to singers from the Leith Hill Choirs and independent singers and cumulating in a magnificent concert with renowned soloists and the splendid baroque orchestra Canzona. Buy tick...

🚨Tonight 7pm ⁦‪Dorking Halls‬⁩
Leith Hill Music Festival 2026 Spring Concert
Haydn's The Creation
Tickets 🎟️ available online in advance and on the door
lhmf.org.uk/future-event... @classicalsurrey.bsky.social #livemusic #surrey #choirs

08.03.2026 06:56 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@classicalsurrey.bsky.social Leith Hill Music Festival Spring Concert
Sunday 8 March at Dorking Halls
Haydn’s The Creation performed by massed Surrey choirs
Tickets online and on the door

lhmf.org.uk/future-event...

07.03.2026 11:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Notre cœur fait Boum! - Bla Bla Blog Une découverte peut en cacher d’autres. Il y a d’abord la pianiste chinoise, Siqian Li qui sort en ce moment son premier album solo, Voyage...

Notre cœur fait Boum! - Bla Bla Blog

Review of Voyage Among Fragment, debut album from Siqian Li

www.bla-bla-blog.com/archive/2026...

06.03.2026 22:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Out now! Do take a listen 🎧

06.03.2026 17:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Queasy listening: ‘Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’, English National Opera, London The city of Mahagonny rose and fell three times in the space of a week in ENO’s recent ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’ production. Fortunately, enough people did notice and the entire run sold out &#821…

Review by @adrianspecs.bsky.social

artmuselondon.com/2026/03/04/q...

06.03.2026 17:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nicholas Scott-Burt, composer 'Take every opportunity which comes your way. Be fearless. And always be prepared to step outside your comfort zone, for that makes your comfort zone all the bigger'

Nicholas Scott-Burt, composer

'Take every opportunity which comes your way. Be fearless. And always be prepared to step outside your comfort zone, for that makes your comfort zone all the bigger'

06.03.2026 14:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Released today, debut album from pianist Siqian Li 🎉🎶🎉 open.spotify.com/album/6pK2wa...

06.03.2026 07:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Da-Hee Kim, pianist 'Try innovative ideas, new repertoire, collaborations and projects'

Da-Hee Kim, pianist

'Try innovative ideas, new repertoire, collaborations and projects'

05.03.2026 14:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Maximize Your Music Room: Join the PianoMe Community PianoMe is a growing online platform that enables musicians, music schools, studios, churches, and private hosts to rent out rehearsal spaces with instruments by the hour. At the same time, musicians can book affordable practice rooms exactly when they need them—no long-term contracts, no unnecessary costs.

PianoMe is a growing online platform that enables musicians, music schools, studios, churches, and private hosts to rent out rehearsal spaces with instruments by the hour. At the same time, musicians can book affordable practice rooms exactly when they need them

05.03.2026 10:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Gwenno Morgan, pianist & composer 'I also love the production process. Building a sound world - whether through synth textures, strings, or a combination - is one of my favourite parts of creating.'

'I also love the production process. Building a sound world - whether through synth textures, strings, or a combination - is one of my favourite parts of creating.'

Meet the Artist - Gwenno Morgan, composer & pianist

05.03.2026 09:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ryoka Hagiwara, pianist & composer ‘I love the feeling of the music developing a life of its own’

‘I love the feeling of the music developing a life of its own’

meettheartist.online/2026/03/02/r...
#meettheartist #interview

05.03.2026 07:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Album launch concert Tuesday 10 March at Fidelio Café London
🎫🎟️ fidelio.cafe/product/voya...

25.02.2026 17:05 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Voyage Among Fragments – a meditation on movement and memory with pianist Siqian Li Voyage among Fragments – a meditation on movement and memory with pianist Siqian Li

Voyage Among Fragments – a meditation on movement and memory with pianist Siqian Li

crosseyedpianist.com/2026/02/21/v...

#pianist #pianomusic #newrelease

22.02.2026 06:55 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Surrey music lovers!
Support your local music festival!

www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/event-detail/

04.03.2026 16:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spring Concert this Sunday 8 March. Haydn’s The Creation performed by massed choirs of Surrey at Dorking Halls

www.dorkinghalls.co.uk/event-detail/

04.03.2026 16:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the Artist – Paavo Järvi Every part of conductor’s life is challenging. From the enormity of the repertoire to the geography and travel.

‘I see my role as a medium between the composer and the musicians. The role is to formulate a point of view about the piece through study of the score and to convey this to the musicians.’

Meet the Artist - Paavo Järvi (interview from 2020)

crosseyedpianist.com/2020/02/17/m...

03.03.2026 13:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Audience needed, no experience required I hate to say it, but classical music still suffers from an image problem; an image crisis in fact. Despite the best efforts of performers, promoters, venues and music lovers, the artform is perceived by many as elitist and only accessible to the few, not the many. It wasn’t always like this: when I was growing up in the UK in the 1960s and 70s, there seemed to be classical music everywhere – on the radio and tv (including live broadcasts of orchestral concerts and wonderful programmes presented by André Previn), in tv adverts and in shops.

Audience needed, no experience required

I hate to say it, but classical music still suffers from an image problem; an image crisis in fact. Despite the best efforts of performers, promoters, venues and music lovers, the artform is perceived by many as elitist and only accessible to the few, not…

02.03.2026 14:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ryoka Hagiwara, pianist & composer 'I love the feeling of the music developing a life of its own'

Ryoka Hagiwara, pianist & composer

'I love the feeling of the music developing a life of its own'

02.03.2026 14:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“our persistence and love for music are always the backbone to support our dreams”

Meet the Artist interview (from 2020) with pianist Siqian Li. Her debut recording is released this Friday

crosseyedpianist.com/2020/05/07/m...

02.03.2026 06:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Yay! It’s wild garlic season again www.instagram.com/p/DVWG9cvjG7...

#foraging #wildfood

01.03.2026 14:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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28.02.2026 16:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Choral Heritage and Community at Leith Hill Music Festival 2026 Bringing "the joy of singing" to the heart of Surrey

Choral Heritage and Community at Leith Hill Music Festival 2026

Bringing "the joy of singing" to the heart of Surrey

28.02.2026 14:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1