Right now i am learning Bach's Toccata in C (second movement) originally written for organ, but transcribed by Busoni. I would need a few more...
Can you say that in English please? Mozartiana
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this in this long thread, but if I concentrate on the music and communicating the music to others, then the...
For back problems, I have found that practicing yoga is a great help. It's best to start with a good teacher, someone who teaches it in a very...
eve-ane, I love a Bosendorfer. We had one in our practice rooms in Austria and all the piano students would compete to practice on it. I loved it...
Hi John, My Austrian piano teacher had a nice analogy for how to produce a 'singing" tone, which was to press with the weight of the finger into...
This is a very good way to encourage ear-training in children. I think I will try it with my young students. It's a fun way to really listen and...
I love Gould's Bach interpretations. They are a bit romanticized, but I believe that modern interpretations are allowable. I only wish he didn't...
Thanks so much for your reply. What are the new technique books these days> Do you have any titles I could look up? Mozartiana
I started at the age of 8, but didn't really fall in love with piano until I was 13, when I went to high school. It was the 'sturm und drang'...
I photocopy the pages I need and tape them together so that I can have as many as four pages in front of me. Also, I put these pages in a loose...
I agree with the relaxed, slow technique for practicing and building stamina, but has anyone mentioned the good old fashioned exercises you find...
I have found this video so uplifting, to show us how we can overcome our limitations. I recently attended at a Leon Fleisher concert. He lost the...
Just thought of another set of Granados set you may want to try. It is the Escenas Poeticas. They are only three pieces but also not so...
Hi Pianolady, Yes, I have that set of Cuentos de la Juventude and I have enjoyed playing Cancion de Mayo and the Dedicatoria to his son. Do you...
As for favorite pieces, I have lately been enjoying lesser known composers, such as Granados. I love playing his Oriental and Valses Poeticos....
In doing octave work, I think it makes your hand less tense if you have a relaxed wrist and let the wrist turn as you play the octave. The point...
Regarding how you press the keys, I learned the Leschititsky technique from an Austrian professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria which...
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