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Sheet Music Interviews
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Nikki Iles: Piano Tales for Winnie-the-Pooh
8th Apr 2026
A pillar of the British contemporary jazz scene, Nikki Iles is a multi-award-winning composer, a formidable pianist and big-band leader, and a widely-respected educator. We spoke with Nikki about the latest title in the Piano Tales series and her illustrious career in the music industry to date.
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James Alexander Thompson & Janette Mason on Piano Hive
11th Dec 2025
We have just added the Piano Hive digital catalogue to our website. We recently spoke with Piano Hive founders James Alexander Thompson and Janette Mason about their publications.
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Debbie Wiseman - Ten: Memories for solo piano
5th Aug 2025
Debbie talks about her experiences being Classic FM's Composer in Residence, her new album and sheet music collection, 'Ten: Memories for solo piano', and the music she has composed over the past decade.
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Composer Spotlight: Philip Sparke
11th Jul 2025
Philip Sparke talks about his career as a composer, his influences and inspirations, and his greatest achievements to date.
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Eric Baumgartner: Jazz Piano Basics
26th Jun 2025
After his recent success at the Art of Piano Education Awards, Eric kindly took the time to answer questions about his award-winning publication 'Favorite Melodies for Jazz Piano Solo' and to discuss his 'Jazz Piano Basics' series.
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Michael Clark on Florence Price: Rediscovered Gems
30th May 2025
After a chance discovery of hundreds of Florence Price manuscripts in 2009, a treasure trove of masterpieces was uncovered. Dr. Michael Clark discusses Florence Price and his recent publication, 'Florence Price: Rediscovered Gems for Piano Solo'.
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David Önaç: Spirituals
17th Dec 2024
David Önaç talks about 'Spirituals', working with UK exam board ABRSM, and the importance of expanding your repertoire from early on in your musical journey.
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François-Xavier Poizat on Ravel
9th Dec 2024
François-Xavier Poizat offers an insight into his love for Ravel, and his recordings of the composer's Complete Works with Piano (released earlier in November on Aparté). He also shares his admiration for Henle's painstaking work on their edition of Ravel's music.
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Bob Chilcott: 20 Years of A Little Jazz Mass
22nd Oct 2024
This year we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Bob Chilcott's iconic 'A Little Jazz Mass'. We speak to the composer about the work, its reception over the past twenty years, and his thoughts on combining jazz and sacred music.
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James Heather on Pulse Music
28th Aug 2024
Ahead of his performance at Presto Music tonight, the British composer-pianist talks to us about forging his own creative path, how a near-death experience affected his relationship with the piano, and his musical inspirations (ranging from Nirvana to Michael Nyman).
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Roy Howat & Emily Kilpatrick on Fauré's vocal repertoire
21st Jun 2024
Roy Howat and Emily Kilpatrick, the foremost experts on the vocal repertoire of Gabriel Fauré, answer our questions about the composer, the critical edition, and why his compositions are still so important today.
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Yiruma: SOLO
1st Dec 2023
Recently published by Faber Music, Yiruma's album SOLO is now available as a sheet music collection, in both original and simplified arrangements. The composer kindly took the time to answer our questions about his latest project and to discuss his background in classical music. Read the full interview here.
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George Benjamin: Picture a Day Like This
22nd Sep 2023
Just back from the premiere in Aix in the midst of preparing scores for his summer tours, George kindly spoke with us about his latest opera Picture a Day Like This. Read the interview here.
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Bob Chilcott and David Hill on Carols for Choirs 6
21st Aug 2023
Featuring newly commissioned carols and arrangements of classic melodies, Carols for Choirs 6 showcases some of today's most exciting names in choral composition. Editors Bob Chilcott and David Hill kindly took some time away from their busy schedules to discuss Carols for Choirs. Read the interview here.
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Chris Woods on Fingerstyle Guitar
3rd Jul 2023
With multiple albums and tours across the globe, Chris Woods has certainly mastered the art of fingerstyle guitar playing. Chris spoke to us recently about his latest publication First 50 Fingerstyle Patterns, fingerstyle and percussive acoustic guitar technique, his music education podcast, and more. Read the full interview here.
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Cecilia McDowall on her Da Vinci Requiem and Seventy Degrees below Zero
30th May 2023
The composer discusses two of her new large-scale choral works, her approaches to matching words to music, and her aims as a contemporary composer.
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Colin Matthews on The Planets
25th May 2023
In conjunction with the release of Faber Music's new facsimile score of The Planets, composer Colin Matthews talks about Holst's iconic orchestral suite, editing the facsimile, and his collaboration with Holst's daughter Imogen. Read the full interview here.
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Eric Whitacre at... 30!
3rd May 2023
Looking back over three decades of music, the world-renowned composer talks Whitman, musical hits and misses, and the correlation between a piece's length and the age of the composer's children...
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Daniel Grimwood on Adolph von Henselt
27th Apr 2023
Editor Daniel Grimwood is one of Adolph von Henselt's most highly regarded interpreters. After recently completing a new edition of Henselt's Etudes with Edition Peters, Daniel kindly took some time to talk to me about the new Urtext edition and the composer Adolph von Henselt.
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Nazrin Rashidova on Émile Sauret
21st Dec 2022
In collaboration with Edition Peters, Azerbaijani-British violin virtuoso Nazrin Rashidova has recently published a new edition of Émile Sauret's 24 Études Caprices, Op. 64. We spoke to Nazrin about her interest in the composer and her experience studying and performing the etudes.
