WRITING

An important voice in the piano world

Peter Donohoe, concert pianist and international competition juror

Frances Wilson is the author of The Cross-Eyed Pianist, a blog on classical music with a special focus on the piano. She is also creator of the popular Meet the Artist series of interviews in which musicians, composers and conductors discuss various aspects of their creative lives.

knowledge allied to a lightness of touch

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Other writing:

  • InterludeHK
  • Programme notes for the Barbican Centre and Bridgewater Hall
  • Pianist magazine
  • Classical Music magazine
  • The Schubertian (journal of the Schubert Institute UK)
  • Teaching notes for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and Trinity College London

Frances has also appeared on BBC Radio Three’s Music Matters programme, hosted by Tom Service, to discuss music criticism and the impact of the internet on writing about classical music today.

Her level of writing is aeons beyond most professional critique

Mahan Esfahani, harpsichordist