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Ravel's piano music is among the most thrilling, the most colourful, and for pianists the most challenging of the repertoire. This book is about how performers and listeners can discover that music and relate to it - how it sounds, how it feels under the fingers and within the receptive imagination. Read an extract from the Preface to Reflections. "Reflections" is a fascinating text for piano performers, teachers, and serious music lovers alike. A gleaming key to the mysterious and entrancing complexities of a great composer, "Reflections" is a gift to be cherished from a master performer. Midwest Book Review. Click here to see the full review. |
‘A truly creative performer.' ‘You feel in his playing an uncommon depth of study and absorption that supports, and legitimises, a free imaginative licence.' 'Performances comparable to the very greatest' |
Audience reviews
"Articulate lecturing, wonderful critiques in master classes; fabulous pianism."
"His ability to express musical ideas in words is astounding, a unique gift."
"Incredible musician, amazing ability to articulate agenda at hand; marvellous way of engaging both student performer and audience in a positive way."
These are just a small sample of audience reactions at Portland Piano International where Paul Roberts regularly performs and teaches at the Summer Festival.
Review: Paul Roberts at Lincoln Hall, Portland, February 2012
His sensitive approach to the sublime music of Debussy and Ravel, and his illuminating explanations of the relationship between the two composers and their music, were utterly fascinating...Roberts seems to give each piece precisely the perspective it wants, with particular emphasis on expressivity and clarity. It was easily one of the best recitals I’ve seen this year, and I could have listened for another hour. Fortunately, I’ll get another chance, as will those turned away by the sell-out: he’s returning this summer, with a new book about Ravel, too. (Brett Campbell, Oregon Arts Watch)
Summer school in France
In summer 2012 Paul Roberts will direct the international summer school for pianists, Music at Ambialet, formerly Music at Castelfranc, three seven-day courses in southern France which are open to amateurs as well as aspiring professionals. Click here for more information, or go straight to the website.
Piano weekends at Langham House
Paul Roberts runs short piano workshops for amateurs at his home in East Sussex. Participants are accommodated at the house or in nearby bed and breakfasts in the charming medieval village. Click here for full details and photos.
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