The music of Chopin and Scriabin encouraged me to begin studying the piano at the age of 20, and except for around six months of lessons in my mid-20s, I have been working on my own. The Keyboard works of Sorabji, Alkan, Mosolov (composers of some insane piano music!), Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Liszt and, of course, Chopin inspire me tremendously.
The music of Chopin and Scriabin encouraged me to begin studying the piano at the age of 20, and except for around six months of lessons in my mid-20s, I have been working on my own. The Keyboard works of Sorabji, Alkan, Mosolov (composers of some...