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Anna Goldsworthy
Dear Librarian, When I was nine years old, I met a woman who changed my life: Eleonora Sivan, the charismatic Russian émigré and world-class pianist who became my piano teacher. PIANO LESSONS is the story of what she brought to my lessons: a love of music, a respect for life, a generous spirit, and the courage to embrace a musical life: "We are not teaching piano playing. We are teaching philosophy and life and music digested." I wrote this book to honour my teacher, and to make sense of my musical past, but I have had a range of responses from early readers, each of whom felt it was about something different: anxiety and obsessiveness; the lacerating nature of artistic pursuit; the awkwardness of adolescence... The PIANO LESSONS of the title are not just those of music: they are lessons in life, and I hope they will speak to you, regardless of your musical background. "Deeply felt and elegantly written—like a melody by Mozart: joyous and heartbreaking in a single exquisite line. It is a book of great warmth, sensitivity, and love. —Glenn Kurtz, author of Practicing: A Musician's Return to Music. You can read more about the book, as well as see and hear me performing piano on www.pianolessonsthebook.com. All best, Anna ANNA GOLDSWORTHY is an award-winning pianist who travels and performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She records for the ABC Classics label. Her writing has appeared in Best Australian Essays, and the Australian Literary Review among others.
Piano Lessons / Anna Goldsworthy / St. Martin's Press / Hardcover; 256 Pages
Price: $24.99 / ISBN: 978-0312646288 / Published: October, 2010 Anna Goldsworthy is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view her reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |