THE SCORES

Pianist 137 • Read the lessons • Play the scores

MELANIE SPANSWICK

is a pianist, writer, teacher and composer. She has published over 25 books including the best-selling three-book piano course, Play It Again: PIANO (Schott), as well as the more recent series, Women Composers – A Graded Anthology For Piano (Schott), which won the 2022 Presto Music Award for ‘Best New Series of the Year’. Melanie teaches the piano at Junior Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Eton College. Read Melanie Spanswick’s lesson

NILS FRANKE

is Dean of Higher Education at the University Centre Colchester, UK, having previously held posts at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and the University of Reading. He has recorded for Warner and Brilliant Classics. Nils specialises in historical performance pedagogy, with a particular focus on 19th-century pianist-composers. His editions are published by Wiener Urtext and Schott Music International. Read Nils Franke’s lesson

LUCY PARHAM

is a concert pianist, writer, teacher and broadcaster. She has performed with all the major British orchestras and is a regular presenter and contributor on Radio 3 and 4. Her Composer Portraits series – featuring the lives of Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov, Schumann and more – has resulted in hundreds of performances with some of the UK’s finest actors. Lucy is a professor at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Read Lucy Parham’s lesson

CHENYIN LI

is a celebrated concert pianist known for her fiery and intelligent performances of a wide variety of repertoire. Having won multiple international competitions, she has established herself as a versatile player who shines in both solo repertoire as well as concerto. Chenyin has performed in many prestigious venues across the UK, Europe and Asia and her extensive discography includes more than 70 albums for Pianist. Listen to Chenyin Li on this issue’s album