Fran Wilson
@crosseyedpianist.bsky.social
Writer, publicist & concerts manager. Actual pianist, avid foodie, Lapsang souchong drinker, Burmese cat lover, AirBnB Superhost, Englishwoman 🔗https://linktr.ee/Crosseyedpianist
'Figure out your own path in music — don't live someone else's dream' Meet the Artist - Helena Maria Falk, violinist & composer
Helena Maria Falk, violinist and composer
'Figure out your own path in music — don't live someone else's dream'
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One in three adults wish they’d kept going with music, as A-level Music entries continue to fall
Why 1 in 3 Adults Regret Quitting Music
One in three adults wish they’d kept going with music, as A-level Music entries continue to fall
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Repertoire in focus: ‘Dream Children’ by Edward Elgar I can’t remember when I first heard this piece, but it was almost certainly on BBC Radio Three’s Breakfast programme and, as is often the way, the piece caught my attention and I decided to find out more about it. My score has the date…
Repertoire in focus: ‘Dream Children’ by Edward Elgar
I can’t remember when I first heard this piece, but it was almost certainly on BBC Radio Three’s Breakfast programme and, as is often the way, the piece caught my attention and I decided to find out more about it. My score has the date “September 2013” inscribed on the inside cover, which means I purchased the sheet music just a month after I took delivery of my 1913 Bechstein model A grand piano.
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'Never stop searching for your own artistic voice' Meet the Artist - Junwen Liang, pianist
Yunwen Liang, pianist
'Never stop searching for your own artistic voice'
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Apparently it's #BloggerDay so here's a shout out to fellow bloggers, some of whom I know In Real Life - and a link to my blog which has just celebrated its 16th birthday! crosseyedpianist.com
The Cross-Eyed Pianist
Frances Wilson blogs on pianism, classical music and culture
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'I really hope that I can encourage and foster a love of music in my pupils, and anyone who hears or performs my music' Meet the Artist - James Woodhall, composer
James Woodhall, composer
'I really hope that I can encourage and foster a love of music in my pupils...and anyone who hears or performs my music'
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'There are personalities who enter our lives and leave behind an imprint that never fades; they become part of our inner path and our artistic identity.' Meet the Artist - Theodosia Ntokou
Theodosia Ntokou, pianist
'There are personalities who enter our lives and leave behind an imprint that never fades; they become part of our inner path and our artistic identity.'
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The Kaleidoscopic Curiosity of a Musicologist-Pianist Guest post by Samantha Ege As a student, I loved thumbing through the pages of a piano collection, whether in a music store, charity shop, or library. Each score was its own rabbit hole. The more obscure, the better. “What else is out there?” I…
The Kaleidoscopic Curiosity of a Musicologist-Pianist
Guest post by Samantha Ege As a student, I loved thumbing through the pages of a piano collection, whether in a music store, charity shop, or library. Each score was its own rabbit hole. The more obscure, the better. “What else is out there?” I would wonder. Losing track of time in a music shop feels rather nostalgic now, especially as most scores can be found online.
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Grieving pianist receives a 200-year-old hug from Schubert ArtMuseLondon’s Karine Hetherington speaks to pianist George Fu about his new album Solitude with Schubert. artmuselondon.com/2026/07/24/g...
Grieving pianist receives a 200-year-old hug from Schubert
When George Fu lost his father, he turned to Schubert for solace. Fu likened the experience of playing Schubert’s Sonata No 19 in C minor to receiving “a hug from 200 years ago”. &…
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'I think, for me, writing a piece well is always an aim. I like the idea of someone describing my work as "well-written", whatever that means.' Meet the Artist - Rob Crehan, composer
Rob Crehan, composer
'I think, for me, writing a piece well is always an aim. I like the idea of someone describing my work as "well-written", whatever that means.'
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Keyboard circus tricks “ain’t got nothing to do with music-making” crosseyedpianist.com/2021/05/03/k...
Keyboard circus tricks “ain’t got nothing to do with music-making”
Keyboard circus tricks “ain’t got nothing to do with music-making”
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'Having the freedom to choose your own projects and the confidence to be able to give all of yourself to them.' Meet the Artist interview with Isata Kanneh-Mason
Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist
'Having the freedom to choose your own projects and the confidence to be able to give all of yourself to them.'
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“I will never quite have the words to express what Schubert’s music has meant to me…and I will never stop looking for them. His ability to convey loneliness — and console in its wake — is perhaps his most ineffable quality…” – Jonathan Biss, pianist crosseyedpianist.com/2025/07/20/p...
Pianists and their Composers: Franz Schubert
“Schubert’s music is the most human that I know.” – Sir András Schiff, pianist “I will never quite have the words to express what Schubert’s music has meant to me…and I will never stop lookin…
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The Power of Body Language in Music Performance It’s so disappointing when you see a bunch of instrumentalists walk on stage and you already know how a piece is going to sound… Jack Sheen, composer & conductor (interview in VAN magazine) We live in a visual world, never more so now with platforms…
The Power of Body Language in Music Performance
It’s so disappointing when you see a bunch of instrumentalists walk on stage and you already know how a piece is going to sound… Jack Sheen, composer & conductor (interview in VAN magazine) We live in a visual world, never more so now with platforms like Instagram and TikTok feeding us images in an endless churn. Yet perhaps we forget that we don’t just…
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‘Being well prepared and bringing on stage what you have to give’ Honoured to feature this interview with pianist Steven Kovacevich – MEET THE ARTIST meettheartist.online/2026/07/19/s...
Steven Kovacevich, pianist
‘Being well prepared and bringing on stage what you have to give’
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'Being well prepared and bringing on stage what you have to give' Meet the Artist - Steven Kovacevich, pianist
Steven Kovacevich, pianist
'Being well prepared and bringing on stage what you have to give'
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'If you build it they will come! Create your own means, don't wait to be "picked."' Meet the Artist - Curtis Stewart, composer & violinist
Curtis Stewart, composer & violinist
'If you build it they will come! Create your own means, don't wait to be "picked."'
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Chamber Music Weymouth presents.... MELANIE ROTHMAN (oboe) & DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE (piano) at St Mary's Church #Weymouth 25/26 Season Finale Weds 22 July 1pm 🎟️£5 www.ticketsource.com/chamber-musi...
Chamber Music Weymouth presents.... MELANIE ROTHMAN (oboe) & DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE (piano) at St Mary's Church Weymouth
Tickets are now available for Chamber Music Weymouth presents.... MELANIE ROTHMAN (oboe) & DUNCAN HONEYBOURNE (piano) at St Mary's Church Weymouth, Weymouth on Wed 22 Jul 2026. Click the link for furt...
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In Praise of the Classical Music Nerd crosseyedpianist.com/2023/07/17/i...
In Praise of the Classical Music Nerd
A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, [or] introverted…. Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are …
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'I think it’s our job to love the music' Meet the Artist interview with pianist Steven Osborne
Steven Osborne, pianist
'I think it’s our job to love the music'
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An Intimate Memoir of Clarinettist Gervase de Peyer Out now from Kahn & Averill #newbooks crosseyedpianist.com/2026/06/05/a...
An Intimate Memoir of Clarinettist Gervase de Peyer
“one of the most brilliant performers of his era anywhere in the world” Professor Colin Lawson CBE, Director Emeritus, Royal College of Music Gervase de Peyer as I Knew Him is an intimate portrait …
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Chamber Music Weymouth recognised for contribution to local culture Chuffed to bits about this, as Concerts Manager for CMW. The finale to our 25/26 Season is on Weds 22 July with oboist Melanie Rothman & pianist Duncan Honeybourne crosseyedpianist.com/2026/06/21/c...
Chamber Music Weymouth recognised for contribution to local culture
Chamber Music Weymouth (formerly Weymouth Lunchtime Chamber Concerts) has received the Arts award from Weymouth Civic Society in recognition of the contribution the concert series makes to the cult…
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'I love it when I’ve brought a piece of music into a concert that no-one’s heard before and people really ‘get’ it.' Meet the Artist - Hannah Watson Emmrich, pianist
Hannah Watson Emmrich, pianist
'I love it when I’ve brought a piece of music into a concert that no-one’s heard before and people really ‘get’ it.'
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'Invest in your technique' Meet the Artist - Connor Fogel, pianist
Connor Fogel, pianist
'Invest in your technique'
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‘An appetite for music’ – guest post, with a recipe, by Orlando Murrin @orlandomurrin.bsky.social crosseyedpianist.com/2026/07/06/a...
An appetite for music
Guest post by Orlando Murrin As a young man, I had the good fortune to be taken under the musical wing of an ex-Radio 3 music producer, who decided my cultural education was lacking and that she wo…
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An appetite for music Guest post by Orlando Murrin As a young man, I had the good fortune to be taken under the musical wing of an ex-Radio 3 music producer, who decided my cultural education was lacking and that she would try and remedy this. Her name was Diana Gordon, and she was a well-known…
An appetite for music
Guest post by Orlando Murrin As a young man, I had the good fortune to be taken under the musical wing of an ex-Radio 3 music producer, who decided my cultural education was lacking and that she would try and remedy this. Her name was Diana Gordon, and she was a well-known figure on the London musical scene; after retiring from the BBC, she was persuaded by Jim Ede to curate the recitals and concerts at his newly formed Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge.
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Enjoyable evening at Steinway Hall last night for the launch of the 2027 Leeds International #Piano Competition Sir Stephen Hough announced as the new AD and chair of the jury (The mug is the nearest I’ll come to ever owning a Steinway!)
Tonight at Holy Trinity #Guildford Corra Sound and the Great Little Orchestra perform Ruth Gipps' stunning setting of Christina Rosetti's remarkable poem Goblin Market - the first performance of this work in 70 years www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goblin-mar...
Goblin Market
Corra Sound and the Great Little Orchestra will perform Ruth Gipps' stunning setting of Christina Rosetti's remarkable poem Goblin Market.
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