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The article previews the recital of pianist Nicholas McCarthy as part of the Rhinegold LIVE concert series to be held at the Conway Hall in London, England on January 28, 2015.

The article profiles pianist Charles Owen. Topics discussed include Owen's career history, characteristics of Owen's pianism and performance and events where Owen played in 2014. Also mentioned are Owen's musical influences, compositions he usually plays in his recitals and Owen's comparison of classical music with literature.

The article focuses on the tour by Greek pianist Panos Karan to the Amazon to take classical music into the community. The trip was organised through his Keys of Change charity. He says that rejection is their biggest challenge as the region is used to being exploited by oil and timber interest. He adds that the children's reaction was the thing that kept them sharing piano music. Karan also plans to go to Ecuador with the Condor Trust for Education.

The author praises the organizers of the BBC Proms classical music festival for adding more piano music in its 2015 program lineup. She talks about how the event's 2015 piano music lineup is 18 percent higher than in 2014 and the quality of the pianists invited to perform, which include Daniel Barenboim, András Schiff and Mitsuko Uchida. She also reports that David Pickard has been appointed director of the Proms and the speculations surrounding the post before Pickard's appointment.

The article reports on the refusal of the "Washington Post" newspaper to grant the request by pianist Dejan Lazic to remove the review by Anne Midgette in 2014 wherein she argues that the right to be forgotten in the European Union (EU) could be misused and misinterpreted.

The article reports that the Rina Sala Gallo Association has called on French pianist Pascal Rogé to apologize after he resigned his jury duties at the semifinals round of the International Piano Competition in Monza, Italy. Topics discussed include the reasons for Rogé's decision to walk out of the competition, his call for more transparency in the voting system and the other members of the jury. Also discussed is the explanation given by the association for the voting system.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the performance of pianist John Ogdon's piano music "Opus Clavicembalisticum" in 1988 and the series of recitals at the Conway Hall in Bloomsbury, London, England.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses several articles published within the issue including the record label RCA's release of pianist Van Cliburn's back catalogue earlier in 2013, the importance of the French style of piano-playing, and the history of pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot's pianism.

A calendar of piano music performances to be held in Great Britain from July to September 2012 is presented including Grieg's evergreen piano concerto, the Cage affair and Murray Perahia's concert.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various reports published within the issue including one on composer Sigismund Thalberg, one on neglected British piano music, and one on artist Mark Bebbington's reason to champion the British connection.