Susan Tomes is an acclaimed pianist specialising in chamber music and long popular with audiences as the pianist of Domus and of the Florestan Trio. Her book Beyond the Notes (Boydell and Brewer) was published in 2004 to great critical acclaim. She writes from time to time for The Guardian and for several music magazines, and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.

Fascinating ... like a chocolate box of philosophy of music The Guardian 20061007 Tomes writes intelligently and fluently about the act of performing. It is a glimpse of a world that the unmusical can appreciate as listener's but never enter. Financial Times 20060908 I found myself completely enthralled by each thought-provoking entry ... Wise, contentious and questioning by turns, this engaging little book will be of as much interest to Tomes's fellow professionals as to the more discerning members of her audiences Classic FM Magazine - Book of the Month 20061001 A sequence of serious yet very readable reflections on the strange business of being a musician ... she speaks with contained authenticity, intelligence and unforced wit. A Musician's Alphabet deserves a readership way beyond the usual niche market. Let's hope it gets it BBC Music Magazine 20061001

Susan Tomes is an acclaimed pianist specialising in chamber music and long popular with audiences as the pianist of Domus and of the Florestan Trio. Her book Beyond the Notes (Boydell and Brewer) was published in 2004 to great critical acclaim. She writes from time to time for The Guardian and for several music magazines, and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.

Fascinating ... like a chocolate box of philosophy of music The Guardian 20061007 Tomes writes intelligently and fluently about the act of performing. It is a glimpse of a world that the unmusical can appreciate as listener's but never enter. Financial Times 20060908 I found myself completely enthralled by each thought-provoking entry ... Wise, contentious and questioning by turns, this engaging little book will be of as much interest to Tomes's fellow professionals as to the more discerning members of her audiences Classic FM Magazine - Book of the Month 20061001 A sequence of serious yet very readable reflections on the strange business of being a musician ... she speaks with contained authenticity, intelligence and unforced wit. A Musician's Alphabet deserves a readership way beyond the usual niche market. Let's hope it gets it BBC Music Magazine 20061001

Susan Tomes is an acclaimed pianist specialising in chamber music and long popular with audiences as the pianist of Domus and of the Florestan Trio. Her book Beyond the Notes (Boydell and Brewer) was published in 2004 to great critical acclaim. She writes from time to time for The Guardian and for several music magazines, and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.

Fascinating ... like a chocolate box of philosophy of music The Guardian 20061007 Tomes writes intelligently and fluently about the act of performing. It is a glimpse of a world that the unmusical can appreciate as listener's but never enter. Financial Times 20060908 I found myself completely enthralled by each thought-provoking entry ... Wise, contentious and questioning by turns, this engaging little book will be of as much interest to Tomes's fellow professionals as to the more discerning members of her audiences Classic FM Magazine - Book of the Month 20061001 A sequence of serious yet very readable reflections on the strange business of being a musician ... she speaks with contained authenticity, intelligence and unforced wit. A Musician's Alphabet deserves a readership way beyond the usual niche market. Let's hope it gets it BBC Music Magazine 20061001