MEET THE ARTIST

Daniel Kidane, composer

November 24, 2025 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘Keep on keeping on and be happy along the way. The journey isn’t always easy but it should bring you happiness.’

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Helen Grime MBE, composer

November 3, 2025 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘With each new piece, my intent is to create a new sonic world distinct to that piece. I love to create different layers in my music, and I am often drawn to detail and long expressive lines as well as rich harmonies.’

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Allan Clayton, tenor

October 20, 2025 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘Perform as much as you can: whether it be at your school, the local pub, the village hall, busking outside Argos…’

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Nikolai Lugansky, pianist

July 26, 2025 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘There’s no substitute for practice, but what truly nourishes my inspiration is simply listening to music.’

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Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, pianist

March 7, 2025 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘Try to absorb as much of the industry as possible as there is so much that is now accessible, not only live concerts but the online world as well. It all helps with learning and gaining experience by watching and listening to others.’

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Yulianna Avdeeva, pianist

October 11, 2024 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

In every concert I share a part of my soul, and my soul in turn keeps the memories of each single concert

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Kathryn Tickell, Northumbrian piper & composer

September 25, 2024 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

If I can make people want to dance and send them home happy then I’m proud to feel that my music has done its job

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Joseph Middleton, pianist

April 1, 2024 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Be curious about everything. Find what you love and people who make you tick. Work hard. Enjoy it.

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Xuefei Yang, guitarist

February 26, 2024 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Be true to yourself, and remind yourself why you want to be a musician

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Stephanie Childress, conductor

November 4, 2023 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

I truly believe that the act of communicating one’s ideas starts with building and strengthening your own interpretation of the work

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MILOŠ, guitarist

October 13, 2023 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

There are maybe 100 other things we could have done, but we chose to be musicians

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Emma Johnson, clarinettist

May 11, 2023 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

My primary school offered me the chance to learn the clarinet when I was nine and I loved it from the word go.

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Pamela Howland, pianist

April 13, 2020 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Learn your craft, work hard, find your own voice, keep stretching yourself creatively, and give your gift to the world. Don’t be afraid to experiment with genres other than classical – this will only enhance your playing. Learn to improvise and arrange. Most of all, remember that failures only mean something if you let them define you. Never stop challenging yourself.

Patrick Hemmerlé, pianist

April 11, 2020 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

As interpreters, we stand at a crossroads between artistry and artisanship. We are mediators between the composers and the audience.

Apostolos Angelis, composer

April 6, 2020 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

“My compositional language can be characterized as electronic-classical with organic feeling”

Alexander Metcalfe, pianist

April 4, 2020 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

As a musician, what is your definition of success?

To have been able to communicate strongly with the audience. Not necessarily to have communicated exactly what one set out to communicate, but to have spoken to them in some way that is meaningful to both them and me.

Elisabeth Flett, Scottish fiddler

March 30, 2020 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music? My mother is a violin teacher and a talented community music facilitator, and having

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