MEET THE ARTIST

Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist

July 21, 2026 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘Having the freedom to choose your own projects and the confidence to be able to give all of yourself to them.’

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Steven Osborne, pianist

July 14, 2026 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘I think it’s our job to love the music’

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Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianists

June 18, 2026 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘Music has the power to transcend boundaries. We can feel it when that happens in concerts, and that feels like success.’

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Cheryl Frances-Hoad, composer

April 10, 2026 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

‘The most important thing is to feel you are writing the best music you possibly can. But it’s nice to be busy (but not too busy), to be valued by your peers, and to be appreciated by your audience too.’

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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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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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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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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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Susanna MacRae, soprano

January 2, 2023 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Get involved in as many things as you can, find the repertoire and stories which motivate you and bring these things to your audiences. Not everyone will love you; go where you are loved.

Helena Ricci, harpist & creative entrepreneur

December 29, 2022 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

I wish my playing to feel like a musical hug for the soul

Dobrawa Czocher, cellist & composer

December 26, 2022 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

I am most proud of those performances when I am able to forget everything else and just become music

Yuri Liberzon, guitarist

December 22, 2022 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

Being a musician for me is much more than something that I do; it is my life on many levels. It satisfies me emotionally and intellectually.

Eleanor Weingartner, clarinettist

December 19, 2022 The Cross-Eyed Pianist

One of the things that most fascinates me in music is the manipulation of rhythm and pacing. I enjoy seeing how a composer sets up a sequence and expectations in a given phrase or section and then varies it to lead the listener to an unexpected place.

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