Each year for the past five or so years I have attended the Lot music course in France run by an enthusiastic amateur musician (and surgeon) Anne Brain. Here are some interviews with fellow amateurs, all of whom learned as children and resumed learning the instrument .

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Alex Ross: How recorded sound widened the gap between professional and amatuer

Martin Prendergast, Head of corporate development at the National Theatre

Interviews with amateur pianists

Resources for amateur pianists