Piano Spheres

Thanks for watching Mark Robson's "Variations and Studies" last week! Starting today, you'll be able to see the entire concert on our YouTube channel! Or, if you want to revisit a specific piece, you can check out the concert split up by pieces in the link below!

LIVE NOW! MARK ROBSON pianospheres.org/watch

ONE HOUR 5PM PACIFIC pianospheres.org/watch

TWO HOURS 5PM PACIFIC pianospheres.org/watch

THREE HOURS 5PM PACIFIC pianospheres.org/watch

If you donate $50 in the link below, you'll be added to a special donor list that gives you access to every post-concert Q$A; click the link below for more details!

And for our last interview, Mark Robson spoke with Eve Beglarian about Play(ing) Like a Girl , traversing down the Mississippi River and why practicing can feel like performing. Check it out below, then make sure to to tune in tomorrow for Mark Robson's PianoSpheres concert at 5pm Pacific!

A preview of Mark's PCM interview with Executive Director Heidi Lesemann! Hear the story of how Mark went from an undergrad at Oberlin to forming PianoSpheres in Los Angeles.

PianoSpheres' Executive Director Heidi Lesemann interviewed Mark Robson after his concert recording at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. You'll see more of this interview in the concert video itself, but catch a preview tomorrow morning!

Did you check out Prof. Carl's interview yet? It's long but full of valuable information about Charles Ives you can learn before Mark Robson plays three of his studies on April 20, 2021!

Here's the full interview with Prof. Robert Carl on Charles Ives! Check it out to learn more about Ives and the Studies Mark Robson will play on his PianoSpheres concert, April 20 5pm PST on pianospheres.org/watch

Today, Professor Robert Carl from The Hartt School talked to me about Charles Ives, explaining his life, compositional processes and common misconceptions. Check out this snippet below, and see how Prof. Carl answers when the full interview goes up tomorrow!

'What I learned from Schubert," Hoiby commented "came from a long, deep and loving exposure to his songs. A lot happens on a subconscious level, so it's hard to verbalize, but what I think his songs taught me have to do primarily with the line, the phrasing, the tessitura, the accentuations of speech, the careful consideration of vowels, the breathing required, and an extremely economical use of accompaniment material, often the same figure going through the whole song."' (Schott Music) Lee Hoiby reflects on what he learned in his "Schubert Variations" op. 35, a collection of variations on a simple A Minor theme by Franz Schubert. At times jovial, at times furious, and capital "R" Romantic at its core, you can hear these variations on Mark Robson's PianoSpheres concert, premiering April 20, 2021 on pianospheres.org/watch

If you haven't seen our Sam Adams interview, make sure to check it out below!

The interview with Sam Adams is up! If you want to find out what Sam learned from listening to Terry Riley under the piano, check out the full interview on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/gxAiInseU44