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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.
Information about Submissions for the 4th Symposium March 15th 2026
All those working in the arts, sciences, and the medical worlds are invited to submit abstracts detailing original research, which offers new perspectives concerned with the embodiment of the performer, and/or issues broadly relating to this topic. Suggested topics below will be welcomed, but not confined to: The historical reasons for the separation of the mind/body in musical education Neuroscientific evidence on the ‘brain to body loop’. Biomechanics ― muscular skeletal issues concerning the performer’s body. Biofeedback for neuromuscular re-education. Moved by emotions: the auditory factor. The state of embodied learning in musical education. Cristine MacKie...
Read MoreKey Dates for March 15th 2026 Symposium
KEY DATES ‘Rethinking Piano ‘Performance’ Royal College of Music, March 15th 2026 KEY DATES 15th September: Online registration opens for all, with the exception of those wishing to submit an abstract (See the post about how to register). 15th Sept 2025: Call for papers 15th Nov 2025: Submission Deadline 1st Jan 2026: Notification of submission decision for all entries. Online registration opens for delegates. 15th March 2026: Symposium Day
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 15th March 2026
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.
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