Expert Advice
Yoheved Kaplinsky on why excitement isn’t about volume
Juilliard’s piano chair on volume, direction and why a great piece keeps changing with you.
Expert Advice
Advice for pianists from well-known performers and teachers.
Expert Advice
Eric Lu on playing the pieces everyone plays
The 2025 Chopin Competition winner on bringing something new to music everyone already knows.
Expert AdviceRobert McDonald on playing on the front side of the beat
The Juilliard and Curtis teacher on rhythm, silence and reacting to every harmony.
Expert AdviceRachel Naomi Kudo on why your scales should sing
The Gilmore Young Artist on scales, waltzes and the markings Chopin chose most carefully.
Expert AdviceAlan Chow on why rubato isn’t the only way to be expressive
Eastman’s piano chair on soft dynamics, pedal, pulse and ways to be expressive beyond rubato.
Expert AdviceSoyeon Kate Lee on playing an unfamiliar piece like it’s Beethoven
The Juilliard pianist on character, pedal, caution and why no phrase should sound like a template.
Expert AdviceEnrico Elisi on why your fingers shouldn’t outrun your foot
The TCU piano professor on pedal, staccato, orchestral thinking and why the beginning is the hardest part.
Expert AdviceYong Hi Moon: melodies are multiplication, not addition
The Peabody piano professor on listening to your own sound, moving less and playing only what the composer wrote.
Expert AdviceMichael Lewin on why Liszt invented impressionism
The Boston Conservatory piano chair on touch, color, opera in Mozart and the orchestra hidden in Bach.