Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves

by Elyse Mach (Vols. 1 & 2, 1980, 1988, on Dover as a single volume 1991)
Introduction by Sir Georg Solti. Over 50 black and white photos are included.

“Revealing, candid thoughts about themselves, their careers, music they play, life of a concert pianist. Mach’s interviews will enhance the pleasure of any concertgoer.” – People Magazine

This book is a collection of inspiring and fascinating interviews with 25 renowned pianists: Claudio Arrau, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Alfred Brendel, John Browning, Misha Dichter, Rudolf Firkusny, Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz, Byron Janis, Rosalyn Tureck, Andre Watts, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jorge Bolet, Youri Egorov, Janina Fialkowska, Leon Fleisher, Emil Gilels, Stephen Hough, Zoltan Kocsis, Garrick Ohlsson, Cecile Ousset, Murray Perahia and Ivo Pogorelich.

Elyse Mach is a pianist and Professor of Music at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago. She has written nine books on piano and pianists and has been a contributing music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.

The chapters including Alicia de Larrocha, Misha Dichter, Rudolf Firkusny and Glenn Gould are available for free in this Google Books preview:

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