Research Interests
My research interests centre on music performance, with a particular focus on historical keyboard instruments such as the fortepiano and clavichord, as well as the modern piano.
My PhD thesis focuses in 19th-century piano techniques and playing approaches, exploring how these can inform and enrich modern-day piano performances.
My work also examines the role of body movements and gestures in piano playing, drawing connections between physical approaches, expressivity, and musical interpretation.
Publications
Reimagining Nineteenth-Century Piano Techniques from a Twenty-First-Century Perspective
PhD Thesis, Maynooth University
Reimagining the use of 19th-century techniques on historical piano: from the perspective of a 21st-century pianist
RUUKKU - Studies in Artistic Research, 21
Perception Gaps Between Modern and Historical Piano— A Way Towards Emancipation
Early Muse Blog
Conference Presentations
Interweaving The Past in the Present: Integrating Hummel's techniques in Mozart's Sonata in D Nov 2024
The 47th National Conference of Musicological Society of Australia
The Reconciliation of Artistic and Empirical Perspectives in the Study of Body Movements and Sound through Learning the Late 19th century Piano Techniques
Jan 2023Joint SMI/ICTM-IE Postgraduate Conference
Learning the Late 19th century Piano Techniques: From the Perspective of a Performer-researcher Jan 2023
BFE/RMA Research Students’ Conference 2023
Effects of Classical Techniques on Body Movements and the Sound of a Modern Grand Piano: Hummel and Czerny, Performance: Waldstein Sonata 1st Movement
March 2022Perform_Live Festival Conference of Music Performance Research
Effects of Classical Techniques on Body Movements and the Sound of a Modern Grand Piano: Hummel and Czerny Jan 2022
2022 SMI/ICTM-IE Postgraduate Conference
2022 BFE/RMA Research Students’ ConferenceEvolution of Body Movements: Piano Techniques and Playing Approaches in Classical Period 2021
Doctors in Performance 2021
2021 SMI/ICTM-IE Joint Plenary Conference