Piano Lessons

Overview

Ah piano lessons, takes me back to being an eager 4-year-old pianist (which eventuated in boredom by the time I was in my mid-teens). I thought I knew everything there was to know about sitting at a piano and bashing the keys, but now it appears I was wrong. Which is why I'm attempting to regained my enthusiasm and see the difference between my past and the stage adaptation of Anna Goldsworthy’s Piano Lessons.

As a concert pianist herself, the half book/half memoir recounts Goldworthy’s years of scales and recitals whilst also illustrating the relationship she had with her Russian mentor. The QPAC adaptation has transformed the written words into a play-concert extravaganza, including pieces by Mozart, Liszt and Chopin, but also drawing on Anna’s life experience.

Described as an inspiring and exciting show to all that witness it, it may not be enough for me to take up the piano again, but I am certainly keen to relive all the years I put into those black and white keys.