Yes, I have a list with venues that I can recommend for piano solo recordings that have good instruments and good piano technicians. I would always recommend testing the grand pianos beforehand and to plan an extra journey for this. As a general rule, I would discourage using rental grand pianos for solo recordings (with very few exceptions), because the instruments need time to adapt to the climatic conditions of the recording room. Also, depending on the previous usage of the specific rental instrument, it might not arrive in an optimal condition to start with.

I am afraid that I do not accept mixing jobs. The sound of a recording is mostly created in front of the microphones and is therefore highly dependant on the process and the communication during the production. Recorded sound also depends highly on microphone placement. For both reasons, I do not offer mixing or mastering for projects that I did not record myself.

Absolutely. So far, I have recorded in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey, Sweden, South Korea and Iceland. Of course, there probably will be additional travel costs, but it is very possible. If you have a location where you feel at home, it will most likely show in your performance. And in the end, that’s all that matters.