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The Russian pianist,Sofya Gulyak is our affiliated artist for 2012/13. She became the first woman to win the Leeds International Piano Competion in 2010.
Registration Details and Fees
‘Rethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind’ and ‘New Thoughts on Piano Performance: Research at the Interface between Science and the Art of Piano Performance’, are both books that will enrich your experience during and after the conference. All attendees may purchase the books at a discount 10%. See payment details below EPTA members may book their seats at the one-day conference now. The Early Bird fee for Epta members is: £50.00 (add £25,00 for coffees/teas, morning and afternoon, and lunch) until 1st Jan 2026. Then, the fee is £65.00 or £90.00 inc refreshments. See payment details below. Independent delegates may book their place...
Read MoreWe are absolutely delighted to announce our partnership with Epta – The European Piano Teachers Association ,Epta for the duration of the symposium at the Royal College of Music this October
Read MoreAppreciation of the 3rd Symposium at the Royal Academy of Music 2018
Prof. Elaine Chew writes:’ Cristine MacKie [Director of the London International Piano Symposium] ‘does it again …[by pulling] off the third annual London International Piano Symposium, this time back at the Royal Academy of Music (2018). The conference brought together pianists, pedagogues, and researchers from around the world. I immensely enjoyed the great company—all the laughter, good food, beautiful music—and carefully curated single-track series of interesting talks on all aspects of piano performance. Thank you, Cristine!’
Read MoreAnnouncing a new collaboration with Imperial College in 2025
I am extremely pleased to say that I have begun working on a innovative project with Alison McGregor who is a Professor of Musculoskeletal Biodynamics in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, where she manages the Human Performance Group, and the engineer, Matthew Banger in the biodynamics Laboratory at Imperial College, London. This collaboration, using Markerless technology, will go a long way toward providing evidence concerning the function (movement) of the pianist’s skeleton and, possibly building on that, to show the relevant muscles which flex and extend the skeletal bones of the torso, and the ‘reach to grasp’ i.e. the scapula, upper arm,...
Read MoreWe are now published in a special issue of the Finnish Journal of Music Education (2023)
We are delighted to announce that as a result of holding a piano forum at the third symposium at the Royal Academy of Music Oct, 2018 an article is now published in a special issue of the Finnish Journal of Music Education (2023) entitled: ‘An inquiry into the psychological wellbeing of piano teachers engaged in one-to-one tuition in higher music education: How trauma transfers in teaching’. See the abstract in Publications.
Read MoreRethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind is now published
We are excited to announce the publication of Rethinking Piano Performance: The Embodied Mind. Details of how to puchase the book are shown below. Introduction ‘It seems that so long as we are alive, we shall continue closest to knowledge if we avoid as much as we can all contact and association with the body, except when they are absolutely necessary…’ Socrates c. 469-399 B.C. Pianists routinely encounter a great variety of bodily and intellectual demands in preparing piano works for performance, but until recently, the emphasis has been largely on the intellectual aspect of performance, or ‘radical mentalism’. However, since piano performance requires an indissoluble...
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