The French pianist and pedagogue Marguerite Long was born on November 13, 1874. Over the course of her 91 years, she would become among the most prominent pianists and teachers of her generation. Long’s elder sister Claire had a great influence on Marguerite. In 1883, Claire became Professor of Piano at the Nîmes conservatory and […]

September 30, 2024 marks the 90th birthday of Canadian-born pianist Ronald Turini. The esteemed musician has the distinction of being one of handful of official pupils of the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz. Born in Montreal on September 30, 1934, Turini first studied with his mother and then at the McGill Conservatory with Frank Hanson; at the […]

For the 15th anniversary of my Facebook page The Piano Files with Mark Ainley, I thought I would share some of what I’ve shared the last year. As I’ve recounted on previous occasions, when I started the page, it was the early years of the social media platform and there was no sense that it […]