Concert pianist Anna Goldsworthy’s deeply-felt memoir Piano Lessons comes to glorious musical life in this Queensland Music Festival world premiere.

Goldsworthy’s award-winning book, which recounts her musical awakening as a young girl, struck a deep chord with critics, readers and music lovers on its 2009 release.

Goldsworthy herself stars in the stage adaptation, which, like the book, elegantly illustrates the intriguing relationship between the young pianist and her Russian teacher Mrs Sivan.  This charismatic enigma inspires and challenges her young charge in equal measure as they work through a program of sublime piano pieces, including selections from Mozart, Liszt and Chopin.

Part theatrical production and part concert, Piano Lessons will provide insight into the lives and inspirations of the great masters and liberally break the fourth wall to expose the process of learning, interpreting and creating music. Piano Lessons will take the audience inside a musician’s journey, through a unique real-life performance.

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