Frances Wilson

"A confident and fluent pianist with an authoritative interpretative standpoint"   

(James Lisney, international concert pianist)   

 
"Very accomplished and controlled playing"   

(Murray McLachlan, concert pianist and Chair of EPTA-UK)  

  
Frances Wilson is a London-based pianist, teacher, music and arts reviewer, and blogger on music and pianism as The Cross-Eyed Pianist.  
  
Writing about music is a key part of Frances's musical life. A keen concert-goer, she writes regular music reviews for her blog, and also international concert and opera listings site Bachtrack.com and for US-based culture and arts site Culturevulture.net. In addition to writing a regular column on aspects of piano playing for 'Pianist' magazine's online content, Frances also contributes guest posts to other classical music and music education websites around the world, including Clavier Companion and MakingMusic.  
  
"The Cross-Eyed Pianist - a must-read for the keyboard inclined" (Jessica Duchen, writer and music journalist)  

She is a passionate advocate of amateur pianism and co-hosts, with Lorraine Liyanage, the London Piano Meetup Group, which organises performance platforms, masterclasses and social events for adult amateur pianists in and around London. Another recent initiative is the South London Concert Series, an innovative concert series which promotes young and emerging professional pianists and offers amateur musicians the opportunity to perform in the same formal concert setting.  
  
Frances is a founder member of Clockwork Classics, an international collective of musicians who believe in the creative freedom to produce recordings and give concerts without the constraints of a traditional record label and promoter.  
 
A graduate of the University of Exeter, Frances holds a Licentiate Diploma (Distinction) in Piano Performance from Trinity College of Music, London, and studies with Penelope Roskell, professor of piano and piano pedagogy at Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London. Frances has also participated in masterclasses with Carlo Grante, Graham Fitch, Murray McLachlan and Norma Fisher, and has received private tuition from Alan Fraser, Graham Fitch and James Lisney. 

(photo: James Eppy)