DISCUSSION: Defining Our Field - what is 'classical music' to us, why are we involved and what can we learn from our differences? Read John Dante Prevedini's essay, watch the panel discussion and make your own comments.
DISCUSSION: John Dante Prevedini leads a discussion about Improvisation in the classical world and beyond, including contributions from David Arditti, James Lewitzke, James Ross and Steve Vasta.
The pianist, academic and teacher Malcolm Troup was born in Toronto on 22 February 1930. He studied with Alberto Guerrero and later with Walter Gieseking. He performed all over the world and recorded for RCA Victor and Continuum. His performance of Messiaen's Vingt Regards was judged 'notably perceptive ... with splendid panache' by The Financial Times.
Troup was Director of Music at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was awarded his own chair at City University. He held the Commonwealth Medal, an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the Memorial University of Newfoundland and the 1998 Liszt Medal from the American Liszt Society. He was Master of the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1999 and was a former chairman of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe.
Malcolm Troup died on 8 December 2021, aged ninety-one.
Malcolm Troup is witness to the manual (four-handed) marriage of two musical missionaries
Malcolm Troup reports on new arrivals from China and Lithuania at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's Summer Festival in London
Malcolm Troup reports on the 2012 Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's chamber music masterclass, concert and competition
Florian Mitrea at London's St Martin-in-the-Fields
Malcolm Troup has three encounters with the sublime
Malcolm Troup listens to a recital by the all-conquering but still largely unsung pianist Gloria Campaner
Malcolm Troup reports on the BPSE Summer Festival at London's Regent Hall, where for the first time Music, not consumerism, called the shots
Malcolm Troup hears 'the art of the piano reborn' in Syrian pianist Riyad Nicolas
The BPSE Late Summer Festival
A BPSE lunchtime recital by Harvey Dagul and Isobel Beyer
Malcolm Troup marvels anew at the artistry of Julian Jacobson
Malcolm Troup was at the BPSE Summer Festival in London
The Matsumoto/Jacobson Duo and The Art of Falconry
No longer one of British music's best-kept secrets!
A lunchtime recital by Tali Morgulis
Malcolm Troup was at the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's annual Summer Festival in London
Malcolm Troup reports from the recent Annual Beethoven Chamber Music (Duos) Masterclass and Competition at London's Steinway Hall
Julian Jacobson in the first of his orchestral Valentine Extravaganzas
The eerie case of a South-American pianistic 'revenant'
Malcolm Troup succumbs to the pzazz of the Burov/Miletic Duo
Celebrating London's multi-ethnic pianism in the elect hands of Ivan Kiwuwa, Mishka Momen and Wu Qian
Nine-year-old Niu Niu's Wigmore Hall début
Daniel Grimwood at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Mikhail Shilyaev at St Martin-in-the-Fields
Malcolm Troup, one of the judges of the 30th anniversary 'Gina Bachauer' International Artists Competition, reports on the recent finals in Salt Lake City
Malcolm Troup was at Qian Wu's recent London South Bank recital
Malcolm Troup on the recent BPSE chamber music masterclass and competition in London
Marcella Crudeli's recital at London's Leighton House
A Tau Wey piano recital
Jerome Rose - In the build-up to New York's International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Richard Meszto writes about the festival's founder
Great Ideas - Malcolm Miller reports on the 2014 BPSE Intercollegiate Competition, and winner Mihai Ritivoiu
A Beethoven Sandwich - Malcolm Troup's recital, heard by Julian Jacobson, also featured Bloch and Britten
An Uplifting Concert - Malcolm Miller was at the 20th Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition
Ensemble. 'Back to Bloch' - Sybil Michelow on the Importance of being Ernest Bloch
Of Bagatelles and Weightier Matters - Julian Jacobson reports on the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe's Beethoven Senior Intercollegiate Piano Competition
Ensemble. Immense Promise - Malcolm Miller reports on the recent Israeli and Bloch music competitions
New Contexts - Malcolm Miller reports on a recent Symposium on Beethoven's Diabelli Variations
Real Individuality - Julian Jacobson was at the 2010 Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition
Ensemble. Deft Stagecraft and Virtuosity - Bloch and Israeli Music, heard by Malcolm Miller
Ensemble. A Sparkling Account - The Kanazawa-Admony Piano Duo pays tribute to Carola Grindea, reviewed by Malcolm Miller
Ensemble. Refreshing Contrasts - Malcolm Miller reports from the 2009 BPSE Chamber Music Competition
Ensemble. Complexity of Thought - Eugene Feygelson and Malcolm Troup play Beethoven and Bloch, reviewed by Malcolm Miller
Potential and Achievement - The sixteenth Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition, experienced by Julian Jacobson
Committed and Tough - Malcolm Troup plays Bloch's Piano Sonata, appreciated by Julian Jacobson
Ensemble. Gloriously Colourful - The British Society of Music Therapy looks back, with Margaret Campbell
Ensemble. Litmus Tests - Malcolm Miller at the fifteenth BPSE Beethoven Intercollegiate Piano Competition
Ensemble. Clarity and Honesty - Malcolm Troup's recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields, reviewed by Julian Jacobson
Ensemble. An Absorbing Day - Julian Jacobson reports on the fourteenth BPSE Beethoven Intercollegiate (Senior) Piano Competition
Ensemble. Beethoven winners - Malcolm Miller reports on two European competitions