Authentic Sound
I recently read Beyond The Art of Finger Dexterity: Reassessing Carl Czerny, edited by David Gramit (Cambridge University Press), one of the few recent academic books devoted entirely to Czerny. And I must say: it helped me understand Carl Czerny more than I could have imagined. Or, to put it differently: it opened a perspective that was quite shocking. Apparently, almost nobody really knows the…
A reflection on Johannes Brahms’s late organ chorale prelude Herzlich thut mich verlangen, Clara Schumann, and the musical image of a fading heartbeat.
Arthur Friedheim’s 1916 edition of Chopin’s Études raises difficult questions about Franz Liszt, Chopin tradition, metronome marks, Karl Mikuli, Anton Rubinstein, and Whole Beat Metronome Practice.
If you are reading this post, I assume you are familiar with the name Frédéric Chopin. I'm also assuming that you know his music quite...
If you didn't know that we play all music rather slow compared to the standard of today, this post must have been sent to you by a...
A few days ago, I was scrolling through the comment section of my latest video. The title – "INJURED in Chopin's Name?" – was quite...
Bach's Toccata in D Minor BWV 565 is a piece that resonates deeply within us. Its opening bars are as renowned as the iconic introduction...
Why do we feel emotionally connected to certain pieces of music? Why is it that music, regardless of style, bypasses the brain and connects
What a clavichord can do with a musician is unexplainable. Unless when speaking to another clavichord player. It sounds weird but it is...
In 2019, our collection of instruments expanded thanks to a gift from Lorenz Gadient to Wim and the project. His Viennese fortepiano,...
Pianoforte after Johann Fritz (1816) built by Joris Potvlieghe (2019) for Wim Winters. The original is owned by Joris Potvlieghe and was...
All the recordings we make are captured by one of the greatest recording devices ever made: A Studer A80r. The machine was built in 1981...