BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Chetham’s International Piano Summer School - ECPv6.0.4//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://pianosummerschool.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Chetham’s International Piano Summer School
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/London
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:BST
DTSTART:20260329T010000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20261025T010000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260813T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260813T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20191218T175618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T130206Z
UID:1708-1786641300-1786644000@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:Lecture “What about the Twiddly Bits?”  with Charlotte Turner
DESCRIPTION:The first of the lectures for the 2026 course. \nThis lecture explores how to approach ornamentation in Baroque keyboard music by understanding the expressive logic behind it. Charlotte Turner will discuss the principles of preparation\, dissonance and resolution\, showing how ornaments arise naturally from harmonic tension and release. Participants gain practical tools for shaping “twiddly bits” with stylistic confidence and musical purpose. \nFree to all summer school participants and observers. Tickets to public available from the Stoller Hall. \n 
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/lecture-with-murray-mclachlan-2/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Recitals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260814T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20231212T163930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T140912Z
UID:4494-1786727700-1786730400@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:Lecture ‘Letting the wrong notes become the right notes (in ANY order!)   with Douglas Finch
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Douglas Finch – improviser extraordinaire –  to give us an introduction to improvising for fun and profit (And ways of thinking about music)
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/lecture-with-william-westney/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Recitals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260815T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260815T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20250323T190008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T152144Z
UID:5571-1786814100-1786816800@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:Lecture - Levelling Down: Why Easier Repertoire Can Produce Better Piano Playing with Murray McLachlan
DESCRIPTION:Professional\, peer and personal pressures often encourage pianists to pursue ever more technically demanding repertoire\, sometimes at the expense of artistic freedom and musical satisfaction. \nThis lecture explores how working on easier repertoire can create greater space for imagination\, sound quality\, phrasing\, voicing\, colour and character\, allowing pianists to develop the most important aspects of musicianship more fully. Through examples from the concert platform\, teaching studio and piano literature\, the talk challenges the assumption that harder repertoire necessarily leads to better playing.
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/lecture-with-murray-mclachlan-4/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260818T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20191024T134734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T150153Z
UID:700-1787073300-1787076000@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:Margaret Fingerhut Recital
DESCRIPTION:“One of the most radiantly musical of pianists\, she plays with such alluring sensitivity & effortless command that one cannot help but be won over” – International Piano \nDescribed by Gramophone magazine as a pianist of “consummate skill and thrilling conviction”\, Margaret Fingerhut has a distinguished career which has taken her all over the world. She is particularly known for her innovative recital programmes in which she explores the highways and byways of the piano repertoire. As a concerto soloist she has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra\, London Philharmonic Orchestra\, Philharmonia Orchestra\, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\, BBC Philharmonic\, BBC National Orchestra of Wales\, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the London Mozart Players\, in major venues such as the Royal Festival Hall\, Royal Albert Hall and the Barbican. She is often heard on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM and many radio stations worldwide. \nChopin – Three Mazurkas Op. 59 \nChopin – Barcarolle Op.60 \nLiszt – Glanes de Woronince \nWidor – Kermesse Carillonnante Op.71 No.3 \nFree to all summer school participants. Tickets available to the public from https://stollerhall.com/
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/margaret-fingerhut-recital/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Recitals
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260819T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260819T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20201109T174438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T150821Z
UID:2442-1787159700-1787162400@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:Lecture - From Stress to Strength - with Mookie Lee-Menuhin
DESCRIPTION:In today’s high-pressure world\, many of us — musicians and non-musicians alike — live in a constant state of survival mode: stretched thin\, always “on\,” and striving to stay in control while feeling increasingly depleted. \nWith soaring levels of stress and burnout worldwide — and with musicians facing significantly higher rates of mental ill-health than the general population due to performance pressure\, job insecurity\, physical strain and a demanding culture that still clings to the myth of innate\, immutable talent — this talk explores how we can move from stress to strength\, from merely surviving to truly living. \nDrawing on neuroscience and life on stage\, concert pianist and cognitive neuroscientist Mookie Lee-Menuhin offers a different perspective. She discusses how awareness\, connection\, and meaning can shift our physiology\, build resilience\, and transform our relationship with ourselves and others even under stress and pressure. Backed with simple\, science-based tools\, she invites us to rethink stress and reimagine what is possible: not by avoiding difficulty\, but by meeting it with presence and purpose. \nAward‐winning pianist Mookie Lee‐Menuhin has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician\, touring major music halls and festivals throughout Europe\, Scandinavia and Asia. \n  \nIn addition to her musical pursuits\, Ms. Lee-Menuhin is a cognitive neuroscientist. Her fascination and passion for knowledge of the intricacies of the brain and human behaviour earned her a master’s degree with distinction in applied neuroscience from King’s College London. Her unique path as a concert pianist and neuroscientist raised curiosity in the field of science and beyond\, being featured in an interview by Women in Science and Technology at CERN (the European Organisation for Nuclear Research) as well as in her presentation for Korean female leaders at the SungJoo Foundation.
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/lecture-2/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260820T171500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260820T180000
DTSTAMP:20260524T183953
CREATED:20241209T120527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T151534Z
UID:5303-1787246100-1787248800@pianosummerschool.com
SUMMARY:25 for 25 - a jubilee celebration - part two
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the 25th anniversary of CIPSS we are thrilled to present a stunning anthology of 25 new piano miniatures\, \nwritten by a galaxy of stars associated with the summer school and Chetham’s. \nWorld premiere performances of all 25 pieces will be presented across two recitals during the course. \nCopies of this extraordinary collection of pieces are published in a single album by Forsyth and will be available to purchase during all of CIPSS 2026. Proceeds in aid of Help Musicians UK. \n25 for 25 composers \nGary Carpenter\, Les Chisnall\, Elena Cobb\, Douglas Finch\, Adam Gorb\, Edward Gregson\, \nPaul Harris\, Toby Hession\, David Horne\, Sir Stephen Hough\, Nikki Iles\, John Lenehan\, \nJoanna Macgregor\, Euan Moseley\, Sarah Nicolls\, Christopher Norton\, Simon Parkin\, \nJeremy Pike\, Emma Ruth Richards\, Melanie Spanswick\, Ian Stephens\, Adam Swayne\, \nYuanfan Yang\, Caroline Wright\, Gavin Wayte. \nProgramme \nAdam Swayne              Family Silver                                             performed by Adam Swayne \nJoanna Macgregor      River Moon                                                performed by Joanna MacGregor \nAdam Gorb                    Berceuse                                                    performed by Yoon Seok Shin \nEdward Gregson         À La Recherche du Temps Perdu     performed by Murray McLachlan \nSarah Nicolls               Long Grass                                                   performed by Sarah Nicolls \nPaul Harris                    Knocked Urn                                               performed by  Rose  McLachlan \nNikki Iles                         Winter Light                                                performed by Steven Osborne \nSimon Parkin                 G                                                                      performed by Matthew McLachlan \nIan Stephens                  Lucency                                                        performed by  Sarah Murphy \nLes Chisnall                    Sea-Saw Sea                                               performed by Les Chisnall \nSir Stephen Hough       Auld Lang Syne Trad. arr. Hough          performed by  Philip Fowke
URL:https://pianosummerschool.com/event/25-for-25-part-two/
LOCATION:Stoller Hall
CATEGORIES:Lectures,Recitals
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR