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LIPS is delighted by the tremendous interest which is being shown in the conference and the many messages of support. We would like to thank everyone.
read moreWe would like to extend a warm invitation to individuals, companies and charitable trusts to support us by coming to the launch of the London International Piano Symposium to be held at the Steinway Hall in London on Friday, October 12th at 6.30pm.
This prestigious interdisciplinary symposium is the first of its kind and has three objectives: to bring together performers and scientists to kindle a renaissance in twenty-first century piano performance through an examination of the skills that underpin piano performance; to generate a more rigorous and effective approach to performing and teaching, a step that is long overdue; to use the research findings to develop outreach programmes in less-advantaged areas of London, for the benefit of young people who would otherwise never have the...
read moreProf Roger Kneebone from Imperial College, London, supports LIPS
We are delighted to announce that the surgeon Professor Roger Kneebone from Imperial College, London, has agreed to be a keynote speaker and contribute to the roundtable at the first London International Piano Symposium in Feb, 2013. His approach reflects the aims of LIPS since he is keen also to bring together ‘clinicians, educationalists, computer scientists, psychologists, social scientists, design engineers and experts from the visual and performing arts’ to encourage ‘collaborative research at the intersections...
read moreAffiliated Artist Sofya Gulyak 2012/13
LIPS is delighted to welcome the Russian pianist Sofya Gulyak as our afilliated artist for 2012/13. In September 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded the 1st prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal of the Sixteenth Leeds International Competition – the first woman to achieve this distinction. Sofya has been praised for her ‘tremendous precision and coloration…exquisite soft playing …delicacy yet power’.
read moreCollaboration agreed between the London International Piano Symposium and the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, London
Cristine MacKie, President of the London International Piano Symposium, and Jeanetta Laurence (Associate Director of the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) have agreed to collaborate in exploring ways in which pianists may benefit by working with a top choreographer and a dancer(s) from the Royal Ballet.
read moreLondon Conservatoires – interest and enthusiasm
Members of the faculties of the Royal College of Music and Guildhall School of Music and Drama have expressed their welcome to the London International Piano Symposium and their anticipation of an intriguing and challenging conference. LIPS is looking forward to meetings with all the UK’s leading centres of excellence in piano practice, to share their enthusiasm and forward-looking approach to techniques in this field.
read moreVolunteers welcome
LIPS would be delighted to receive any offers of voluntary help from residents in the UK, either with administration before the event or with the smooth running of the event itself. Examples of volunteering opportunities at the event itself include ushering and programmes, meet and greet, welcome of guest participants, registration. LIPS hopes to be able to offer volunteers free attendance at part of the symposium. In advance of the symposium, roles still available include: social media work, communication with The Friends, and more. LIPS...
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