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A biography of Ignace Jan Paderewski, a Polish pianist and composer, is presented. He was born in Kurylówka, Poland on November 6, 1860 and studied at the Warsaw Conservatory in 1872. When he graduated at age 18, he started living with composing and offering lessons at the Conservatory. He went to Berlin, Germany for seven months in 1882 to improve his knowledge and skills in composition under the mentorship of world renowned musician Friedrich Kiel.

The article offers advice to aspiring pianists on ways of improving their skills. According to the author, one of the major considerations for pianists is whether to enroll in a university or a conservatoire. Royal College of Music in London, England head of keyboard Vanessa Latarche states that conservatories are largely based on performance and that she considers it as having a higher standard than universities. Ignat Solzhenitsyn states that finding the right teacher is also very important.

An interview with pianist James Rhodes is presented. Rhodes talks about how playing the piano saved his life, from his ten-year bout with psychiatric illness and four attempts of suicide. Having studied piano at Harrow School in England and private lessons at Genoa, Italy under Eduardo Strabbioli, Rhodes narrates that he tried not playing piano while ill but failed to resist and since then, never stopped playing, much aware that music saved him and is the only thing that is consistent with his life.

An interview with pianist Philippe Entremont is presented. In January 2007, he gave a masterclass at the École Normale De Musique De Paris in preparation for the 2006-2007 International Certificate for Piano Artists. He described his working relationship with conductor Eugene Ormandy and how they had a fight when they recorded "Gershwin." He revealed that his parents were also musicians. He considered Stravinsky a horrible conductor.

The article offers world news briefs related to people in the piano music sector in 2015. Markus Pawlik was appointed as artistic director of the New World Music Academy in California. French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc has joined as an associate professor of jazz at McGill University in Quebec. Pianist Michael Braunfels has died in Cologne, Germany on May 15.

The article profiles Georgian pianists Khatia Buniatishvili and Nino Gvetadze. According to the author, both pianists trained at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. He reports that the women benefited from the Borletti-Buitoni Trust and both have released Sonata in B minor CDs. Gvetadze, the author reveals, was born in 1981 and composed her first piece at the age of four. Buniatishvili, he adds, has won prizes in the Tbilisi International Piano Competition and was sponsored by Martha Argerich.

The article profiles Serbian-American pianist Ivan Ilic. Topics discussed include Ilic's career history and educational background, the pianists who influenced him and his assessment of the Paris Conservatoire's approach to teaching piano students. Also discussed are the albums he has released, the composers he favors and his views on how pianists should develop their skills.

The article features the Paderewski Piano Academy (PPA) summer school in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This music school was established in 2009 and opened different opportunities to musicians and pianists to showcase their talents such as by joining in the graduation ceremony concert as well as the finals of a piano competition. The summer school teaches students to practice piano concerts with a professional symphony orchestra and afterwards, they will perform it in concert at the end of classes.