Piano Lessons
AuthorAnna Goldsworthy
CountryAustralia, United States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectClassical music
GenreAutobiography, music
PublisherBlack Inc
Publication date
2009
Media typeHardcover, paperback, audiobook, e-book
ISBN978-0-312-64628-8
786.2 GOL

Piano Lessons is a 2009 award-winning non-fiction book by Australian classical pianist Anna Goldsworthy.

In Piano Lessons, Goldsworthy documents her piano study from a young age under the Russian emigre Eleonora Sivan.

Synopsis

Goldsworthy was nine years old when she met Eleonora Sivan, a charismatic Russian émigré and world-class pianist who became her piano teacher. Piano Lessons documents what Sivan brought to Goldsworthy's lessons: a love of music, a respect for life, a generous spirit and the courage to embrace a musical life.[1][2][3]

Publication

Originally published in Australia in October 2009 by Black Inc, the US rights were sold to American publisher St. Martin's Press.[4]

Critical reception

The U.S. Poet Laureate, Philip Levine, said of Piano Lessons, "I have never read a better depiction of a great mentor and of how true learning takes place. Every teacher of anything should read this book. Twice."

The book was received positively by Australian critics.[5]

James Kenny, writing in the Australian Literary Review, called Piano Lessons a "wonderful story, elegantly told".[6]

Jo Case, writing in The Age, said that it was "multi-layered, rich with meditations on identity, creativity, ambition and achievement; deeply felt without a hint of sentimentality. This impressive debut will surely mark Anna Goldsworthy's arrival as an Australian writer to be reckoned with."[7]

Awards

Piano Lessons was shortlisted for a number of awards, including best non-fiction at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[8][9] and the 2010 Australian Book Industry Awards,[10] and Goldsworthy won Newcomer of the Year at these awards.[11][12][13]

Adaptations

The film rights to the book were sold to director Ana Kokkinos in 2010.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Hyles, Claudia (November 2009). "Mestra". Australian Book Review. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Piano Lessons (2009), by Anna Goldsworthy". ANZ LitLovers LitBlog. 17 October 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Anna Goldsworthy Interview". readings.com.au. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  4. ↑ "Macmillan: Piano Lessons". macmillan.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Reviews". annagoldsworthy.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  6. ↑ Kenny, James (October 2009). "Anna Goldsworthy's Piano Lessons". Australian Literary Review. 82 (3): 81–82.
  7. ↑ Case, Jo (6 November 2009). "Piano Lessons". The Age: 49.
  8. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS: 2010 NSW Premier's Literary Awards Shortlists". Booktopia. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "2010 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards" (PDF). NSW Government. 7 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "Book awards: Australian Book Industry Awards". LibraryThing.com. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy". Black Inc. 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. ↑ Middlemiss, Perry (20 July 2010). "2010 Australian Book Industry Award Winners". Perry Middlemiss's Home Page. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Mills, Robyn (Winter 2011). "Goldsworthy graduates leave their mark". Lumen. University of Adelaide.
  14. ↑ "Development approvals". Screen Australia. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
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