Welcome to PIANO WEEK, the international festival and summer school for pianists of any age and ability, touring throughout July 2022 to three exciting locations in the UK; Banbury, Rugby and London.  As an entirely non-selective programme, our summer school runs simultaneously alongside our festival, offering our participants three inspiring course options to choose from, delivered by our team of renowned concert pianists and pedagogues.

Aside from honing your pianistic skills with one of our fantastic artists, you will also have the chance to perform in multiple concerts and take part in lessons and classes in topics such as harmony and memorisation, composition, how to practise, sight reading, theory, how to pedal and many more.  At the end of each day, you will be able to listen to one of our faculty or guest artist recitals and this year, we are proud to be welcoming back Professor Leslie Howard to two of our summer weeks, to give master classes and a recital at Rugby School and Dulwich College. Those of you who apply early will have the chance to participate in a one-to-one master class with Professor Howard (places are offered on a first come, first served basis).

The festival and summer school was launched in North Wales in 2013 by British concert pianist, recording artist and founder Samantha Ward, and we are proud to have taken our PIANO WEEK family around the world over the past nine years, to the UK, Italy, Germany, China and Japan. We are thrilled to have been able to welcome so many of our returners each year, many of whom have travelled together to our residencies overseas, and the camaraderie felt by all who attend is second to none.  PIANO WEEK is produced in collaboration with some of the leading household names in the industry; Steinway & Sons, G. Henle Verlag, Schott Music and the festival’s official media partner Pianist magazine and we are always striving to deliver the very best experience to all our participants, both through our musical excellence coupled with our friendly and supportive approach.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, PIANO WEEK launched an online edition, which brought us many new faces and experiences and we very much look forward to finally meeting many of you in person this year for the first time!  We are excited to be returning to Rugby School once again as well as launching new UK residencies at Tudor Hall School near Banbury and at London’s prestigious Dulwich College. In response to the current crisis in Ukraine, we are pledging £100 for every participant who attends one of our summer courses in 2022 to United Help Ukraine, a charity providing medical supplies and humanitarian aid to the country.

Please get in touch with us if you would like to know more about our endeavours this year, and we are always very happy to welcome you to any of our summer weeks, as well as to our bimonthly PIANO WEEKends held in London.  In the meantime, happy practising and we look forward to seeing you all soon at PIANO WEEK!