Anne-Marie mcdermott on the cover of pianist magazine
Anne-Marie McDermott on the cover of Pianist Magazine, June 2025
June 2025
There comes a point in life for most of us when we say, enough. We say goodbye to responsibilities that had begun to feel more obligations, and we either seek new challenges, or find joy in what really motivates us, or both. For Anne-Marie McDermott, that point is now.
McDermott on the cover of the June 2025 issue of Gramophone.
The challenge (and the joy) immediately in front of McDermott is Beethoven. She has, after all, been playing the concertos for the best part of 40 years. Now is the time to commit them to record: ‘a daunting but thrilling process,’ she tells me.