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Beyond the Myths: The Evolving Legacy of Dinu Lipatti

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / December 2, 2025

With 2025 being the 75th anniversary of the death of Dinu Lipatti, my colleagues in Romania have prepared a new tribute book to the pianist, for which I was invited to contribute a chapter. As

The Piano Files at 16

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / 2 Comments / July 8, 2025

For the 16th anniversary of my Facebook page The Piano Files with Mark Ainley on July 9 this year, I thought I would create a post with some of what I’ve shared over the course

Reflections with Gerald Kingsley: Fischer, Medtner, and Interpretation

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / June 21, 2025

On a 2018 visit to London, I was fortunate enough to be introduced to a pupil of Edwin Fischer, one Gerald Kingsley, by my longtime friend and colleague (of some 30 years!) Roger Smithson, who

Dinu Lipatti at Abbey Road, September 24, 1947

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / September 24, 2022

September 24 this year was the 75th anniversary of one of Dinu Lipatti’s most successful recording sessions, so I prepared this video that features them in sequence, along with some notes about the recordings and

Harold Bauer: On Film and On The Radio

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / April 28, 2022

Harold Bauer was born 149 years ago and I am celebrating him with two wonderful clips: brief film footage of the wonderful British pianist playing the Chickering Double Keyboard Piano in 1928 and a radio

Remembering Nelson Freire

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / 1 Comment / November 2, 2021

The great Brazilian pianist Nelson Freire passed away on November 1 at the age of 77. An internationally acclaimed artist with a glowing international career spanning well over half a century, Freire was certainly one

Jascha Spivakovsky at 125

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / 1 Comment / August 18, 2021

Today, August 18 2021, is the 125th anniversary of Jascha Spivakovsky’s birth. Unfortunately current global circumstances scuttled the varied plans that I had been brainstorming with the pianist’s son and grandson over the last year

Alfred Cortot plays Stravinsky

by Mark Ainley / Uncategorized / No Comments / April 19, 2021

There was quite a bit of excitement when a Youtube upload was made of a 1927 test pressing of Alfred Cortot playing the Danse Russe from Stravinsky’s Petrouchka Suite. Those who didn’t read the details

Jan Smeterlin plays Chopin

by Mark Ainley / Feature / Preview / Recordings / Uncategorized / 2 Comments / June 19, 2020

I am delighted to have written the liner notes for a superb new release of Jan Smeterlin’s incredible 1954 recording of Chopin’s Nocturnes, which also features some other recordings in the two-disc set. Here is

Expanding The Piano Files

by admin / Uncategorized / No Comments / February 20, 2018

I have recently started a Patreon page to help support my activities on this website, my YouTube channel, and my Facebook Piano Files page. [Detailed explanation follows – there’s a bullet point summary at the

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