The learning triangle is a method that, if applied literally, will change the way you study piano forever.
At the center of this triangle there is a mental "space" where concentration is at its maximum and no negative thoughts are able to distract you or disturb your performance.
The angles of the triangle represent the main elements of the study.
The first angle means to play the part in full. By this we …
To make the most of Mozart's music, it is of fundamental importance to observe all the accentuations with great care.
It is very common for pianists to accentuate the first bar of a phrase while, on the contrary, very often the main accent of the phrase lies on the second bar. This is the case of the very first few bar in the soloist’s entrance of Mozart's Piano Concerto K 488 …
In the early 1800s, composer Daniel Steibelt challenged Ludwig Van Beethoven, one of the greatest composers and pianists who has ever lived, to a piano duel.
A native of Berlin, Daniel Steibelt was one of Europe's most renowned piano virtuosos. In 1800 he went to Vienna with the aim of advancing his musical reputation.
It was quickly agreed among the city's musical patrons that Steibelt should compete against Beethoven in an improvisation …
Sometimes even great interpretations don’t reveal or highlight many details present in the original score.
Liszt’s masterpiece begins with some muffled tollings (Gs), in the lower part of the instrument, indicated by the composer with the symbol "staccatissimo", meaning that a drier and a more incisive than normal staccato is required.
Furthermore, these tollings are evidently on the upbeat, because of the pauses on the downbeat and on the third crotchet of …
The international success of Paganini and Richter bears a striking resemblance more than a hundred years later.
Paganini, already known and admired in Italy, crossed the Alps at the age of 45 and left Europe astonished.
Richter, already known and admired in the Eastern Bloc, crossed the Iron Curtain at the age of 45 and left the West stunned.
The difference was that Paganini only performed music by himself and Richter only music …