John Colman (1913–1995): a remarkable life, and a wonderful interview
John Colman (1913–1995) was a pianist with a remarkable career. I knew little about him until I came across an interview with him in a journal, which is free to…
Jonathan Still, ballet pianist
Music, dance, IT, trivia. Not necessarily in that order.
John Colman (1913–1995) was a pianist with a remarkable career. I knew little about him until I came across an interview with him in a journal, which is free to…
For ballet music nerds like me, this is quite the event in our tiny corner of the musical universe. Ryan Hirst has uploaded to IMSLP a beautifully typeset edition of…
The Accompanist (2019) is a great new addition to my private mental collection of films featuring ballet pianists. Here's a review of the musical bits.
"Siegfried" from Act 3 of Swan Lake looks like simple music, but it's harder than it looks to make it sound musical.
This romance from Bizet's opera The Pearl Fishers is great for an adage or port de bras, perhaps
Out today on the Ballet Piano Podcast, an interview I did a couple of years ago. I’d forgotten what we talked about until I listened to it. I was surprised…