Guest book

Hey Steve, How's it hanging? Hope all well in your jet-setting world? We should maybe hook up re QH thingy at some point - will text you, but had to leave message on your lovely site! Very slick - all your own work, I trust?!! Love and jazz ... BK x

I have never written to a pianist before but Saturday night's concert at the Wigmore Hall with Paul Lewis of Schubert Duets has to be about the most marvellous concert I have attended in years (and I do go to quite a few concerts!). The Schubert was simply electirifying and lived with me so much that when I went back the next night for a Schubertiade with Keenlyside and Kirschlager - no mean performers- I was disappointed probably because of my memories of the glories of Saturday night. many many thanks.

Hi Steve, Long time no see. Sarah and I are hoping to make the Liverpool Phil's Preston series in April. Would be good to meet up if your schedule allows. Looks like we've both been around the block a few times since our days in Old Trafford. Take care, see you soon maybe Mo & Sarah (Bent)

very nice website!

Thank you very much your fantastic consert in Tamperetalo 23.10. 09. You are a Great Pianist!

A warm hello from your Tango-partner;-)! Hope you are very well and we meet again,somewhere,sometime. Take care,Quirine

hi steven.olivia here.i think u no my email address.what is the website called for jeanies website.like the music

Hi Steven.Your music is off the hook.Cant wait to see you soon.Can we come see you play at your house .Im a big fan

Hi Steven - do you think you might come to Prague one day? Would love to see and hear you play here.

Hi Steven, just thought I'd drop in to say I'm a huge fan, and if you'd drop by the Queen's Hall to do an improv evening I'd be fighting for a ticket! Have watched your career with interest ever since my mother booked you to play at a garden party for my 21st birthday...you were still at school... :-D

What a wonderful site! I have bought some recordings with Steven Osborne on iTunes and through a link I found his site. I find it exceptional. I wrote to Tom Davis. I like the integrated music player. Steven, you are exceptional, one of the greatest talents in our times. I have been a Richter fan for more than 30 years and will shortly update my site svjatoslavrichter.com. When I listen to your Rachmaninov Preludes, you come very close to Richter, and I especially love your Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses that you definitely play better than Richter and many other pianists, because your tempi are correct (not overstretched). I have so much more to say...

I wrote an article, printed in the ISM Journal about 4 years ago, pleading for the return of improvisation in 'classical' concerts. I'd like to send you a copy. How can I do that, either by post or email?

Hello,Steven! I`m so happy to have an opportunity to make some writings here. I really appreciate your art and respect you as an artist for some years. Unfortunately I haven`t heard you in concert because of my residence(as far as I know, you haven`t appeared on Moscow concert stage, but who knows about the future?). Nevertheless I have heard nearly all your CDs and was surprised of your sense of sound and highly original interpretation. Only few contemporary musicians can match you in this aspects of playing. Your CDs with Debussy, Kapustin and Rachmaninov give me a rich creative food and a great influence. Once I played for Kapustin his own works...after lesson with him I had a strong conviction about music-making in his works...but listening to you I`ve change my opinions....I`m sure that even Kapustin himself couldn`t imagine such flexible and poetical perfomance of his sonatas. As for me I couldn`t expect perfomance of his Sonata-Fantasia in such unusal way as well....Undoubtedly It`s great! In closing I have to add that I would be happy to have an opportunity to play for you and take your advices. Sorry for my English! I wish you all the best! My best regards from Moscow to Great Britain! Sincerely yours, Alexander Kuklin, postgraduate piano student, Moscow.

As a fellow pianist, I am grateful to have found the the Debussy Preludes on iTunes. I enjoy them very much. Your piano sounds beautiful! Steinway?

I've been listening to NPR's review of your Rachmaninov album, particularly the Prelude in C# Minor. Gorgeous! Thank you.

Hi Steven. Just bought your Rachmaninov & Debussy Preludes and your Kapustin disc. Absolute knockout, thank you. The Kapustin did prompt one question though. A year ago Bechstein were kind enough to send me a promotional DVD featuring your good self playing Funerailles, some Children's Corner and Vecchio Castello from Pictures. Super playing (and I did like the piano) but the DVD also included a 1926 black and white film made at the Bechstein factory. The background music was what sounded to me to be some brilliant jazz improvisation. Was it you, by any chance? The DVD doesn't give any credits for this. I nearly choked when the pianist included snatches of Deutchland Uber Alles in the impro! regards Barry

Hi After the concert last night in Glasgow City Halls I need an explanation as to why your solo spot was so spellbinding This is not to detract from the Stravinsky but the solo was charged in way that has prevented me from getting it out of my head

When will you be returning to the U.S.? I last heard you years ago in Newport, RI and again at Carnegie Hall and was so moved by your talent. A return appearance would be so grand. Enjoy the comments on your blog regarding the challenges of travel, the pressures of performance, etc. Please return to the states....a summer or autumn visit perhaps? Best Regards

Goodness, your Yank relatives have nothing better to do than to praise you here. Greetings from Jeff, your wife's uncle. Miss you here stateside and I'd like to know when you and Jeannie are up for receiving guests. You are always welcome here and there's lots of Indian food always available. Oh yea, your music is great...it's not Dread Zepplin, but it's still nice.

Hi, Steven. You have an incredible gift and talent. Listening to you play the piano tells me you have poured yourself into it. Hopefully, your gift will inspire others to appreciate music and use their talents in music, also. We're proud of you Son-in-law. Ken and Judy

Steven, just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your Rachmaninov Preludes CD. As always, I found your portrayal of the music thought-provoking and inspiring. It was also great to hear the interview on 'In Tune'. Thank you, and I hope that we can have another lesson sometime soon! All the best.

Can't wait for your performance here in Kuala Lumpur with Mr. Claus Peter Flor. Till then, take care!

I was sent to London last minute for work in December, found myself walking by Wigmore Hall one night and decided to see what was playing. What luck! Messiaen's Vingt Regards played by someone named Steven Osbourne and starting in 30 minutes! Needless to say, I did not return to the office. Great concert, amazing energy, dynamic range, brilliant interpretation of the piece. Also amazing use of the acoustics of Wigmore Hall with Messiaen's odd harmonics shimmering in the space like ghosts at a Victorian seance. I have since replaced my copy of Vingt Regards with the Steven Osbourne recording, and plan to look into the other recordings as well. I look forward to a U.S. tour!

J'ai pleuré en écoutant les Harmonies poétiques et religieuses de Liszt surtout Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude.Que de Beauté! Merci.

Last night I attended your concert in the new Melbourne Recital Centre. I'm sorry that more people did not attend given the starting and finishing time (10-12.15pm). I thought that your playing of Messiaen's Vingt Regards ... was one of the highlights of my concert-going career of 39 years. Sometimes a musician/singer does not live up to his/her recorded legacy but the extra dimension of hearing your playing and your exultant yet sensitive playing far surpassed the Hyperion recording you made of the work. The enfant Jesus usually elicits music that is unbearably sentimental yet Messiaen's music reminded me of Shakespeare's new born babe striding the blast: ie innocence, a lack of sentimentality, and majesty.

Dear Steven, I have long admired your playing and recently saw you giving a magical recital at the Mayfield Festival last May. My enquiry involves a fingering dilemma in Liszt's La Leggirezza, a piece I have heard you perform beautifully on radio 3. I need advice on the fingering of the descending chromatic cadenza on page 3. The Peters edition uses fingering by, I suspect, Sauer and not Liszt himself. I find the predominance of the fourth finger at the beginning of each pattern to be very awkward. Although I do use this fingering for some of the patterns ( not avoidable), I prefer to use the third finger at the beginning of the group starting on Ab, and fifth finger at the beginning of the middle F pattern. In doing so, I achieve a greater eveness and velocity. Would Liszt have approved or have I committed fingering sacrilege?! Also, what recordings do you admire? I particularly like, Barere and Cziffra for very different reasons. I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Mark MarkRVMortimer@aol.com

I was at Wigmore for the lieder recital on January 13. I thought the piano playing was magnificent, a reall partner and finding what was in the Wolf and Schubert. Sadly, not because of the piano, the Schwanengesang only really came to life in the two or three songs - as the though the singer thought he could at last let go...but the piano was something else thank you.

I was at the Wigmore for the Vingt Regards. This was, without doubt, one of the greatest displays of pianism I have had the privilege of enjoying.I sat in the third row, close to the stage, and was stunned by the power and dynamic range and the sheer beauty of the music. I already had the recording but to hear this work live was very special indeed.Many thanks for a memorable evening.

Dear Steven Votre interprétation des vingt regards m'a extrèmement émue lorsque je vous ai entendu au cours du "piano festival" de Lille .J'ai depuis acheté votre disque que j'écoute régulièrement .Vous êtes un merveilleux artiste,je vous souhaite une bonne année et j'espère vous entendre de nouveau en France très bientôt.

Steven - A wonderful and powerful concert of the Vingt Regards at Wigmore, for which many thanks and congratulations! Yours, Colin Currie.

Vingt Regards at the Wigmore Hall, one of the best ever. Beautiful sense of touch: Cecil Taylor and Bill Evans would be proud. Moved, so thanks for that.

Steven, a simply stunning performance of the Rachmaninov 2nd. Thank you.

hello, Steven, I am ondes Martenot player and I will play the Turangalila with you in Munich in december I have seen your website and I enjoy really to meet you soon excuse me for my english, which is not so good but I wanted absolutly to salute you before the rehearsals best regards and I am in a hurry to meet you soon

What a priviledge to experience last nights performance of the Brahms 2nd concerto in Glasgow.The alchemy-not just chemistry-between SO,Stephane Deneve and our great RSNO was incendiary.In the years ahead,we lucky audience will brag we were there. Looks like it was being recorded for transmission.Cant wait. Barry

an :) absolutely :) amazing :) performance of brahms 2nd piano concerto last night! thank you so much! all the best for the next events coming.

Steven you are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looking forward for your concert in Glasgow!

Fabulous new site. Can't wait for your eventual return to the U.S...hopefully with the NSO!

Steven - lovely web site, very enjoyable blogs - all goes with your super music.

Steven - lovely web site, very enjoyable blogs - all goes with your super music.

Hello Steven! I am just enjoying your new Britten disc, which came a few days back. We heard you do the Piano Concerto back in April in Manchester, when you stood in for another pianist. It was a thrilling occasion and one of the best performances I have been to. We have already got our tickets to hear you in Liverpool next spring... I loved your Tippett and Messiaen discs too, and would love to hear you do some Messiaen in recital one day in the future.

Hello Steven! Your new site looks amazing!

Liked your site very much. Peter Newham was here yesterday, tuning our piano. He says Hi. NB My blog - see below: I'll try to give you a puff. Martin

Great website. Loved reading the blog.

We enjoyed the blog - we'll check in regularly! It's interesting to see what a varied concert schedule you have too. I don't know how you do it!

Eat your heart out Angela!

Nice to see you are performing lots of Messiaen in this centenary year. Looking forward to your Wigmore concerts in December!

I heard you at the Mostly Mozart opening concert at the Barbican - wonderful playing! Can't wait until your Britten cd's out in September - your Prom last year was incredible :)

We love your new website and to hear what's like as a musician on the road! Your concerts are wonderful. Please keep us posted with all the news!