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Anna Goldsworthy

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Anna Goldsworthy is an Australian classical pianist and writer. In October 2009 her memoir Piano Lessons was released in Australia by publisher Black Inc. In November 2010 it will be published in the US by St Martin's Press (Macmillian). From 2010 she will be Artistic Director of the Port Fairy Spring Music Festival. Anna is also a Board Member of the Australian Book Review, Artist-in-Residence at Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne, and a founding member of the Seraphim Trio.


Average rating: 3.70 · 80 ratings · 31 reviews · 2 distinct works
Piano Lessons
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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“I tell you a secret about Chopin, piano is his best friend. More. He tells piano all his secrets.”

--piano teacher Eleanora Sivan, as quoted in "Piano Lessons”
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