Interview: Actor John C. McGinley
6 Interesting Ways New Musicians Can Make a Name for Themselves
1. Be creative with your live performance
2. Blog from the heart
3. Do collaborations with other musicians
4. Vinyl is important to audiophiles
5. Create a strong visual presence
6. Tell your story
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The Most Perfect Technique
[News] Kiri Te Kanawa Announces Retirement
Interview: OKIEM, Pianist & Composer
How do you work? (as a composer)
I have 2 main composing styles. I sit at the piano and start playing and see where my hands and my emotions at that moment in time lead me. Eventually something starts happening where it feels right and that is often how I find the beginnings of a new piece. From there I’ll refine the idea, and build it up and try variations of it until I settle on “the one”. I also like to listen for music – I often hear music in my mind.. sometimes entire pieces and all the parts and all the instruments. I actually then go and try to play it by ear, from listening to it in my mind.
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Workshop for Pianists at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
DATE:
October 14-15, 2017
PLACE:
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna – MDW (Austria)
Institut für Konzertfach Klavier – Franz Liszt-Saal
HOSTED BY:
Giuseppe Ravì, Founder and Master Coach of Respiro e Movimento®
WORKSHOP:
Respiro e Movimento® is pleased to announce a Workshop for Pianists at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
Pianists will have an opportunity to work with Giuseppe Ravì, Master Coach and expert in restoring the natural balance and harmony in the human body. The main objective of his workshops is for the artist to become aware of unnecessary muscular tensions which prohibit the overall ease required in playing piano.
The result is clear: an overall freedom and strengthening of the essential body movements which enable the artist to physically surpass obstacles which may seem impossible. Pianists will learn how to overcome useless contractions and muscle memory, allowing them to play piano in a more natural, easier and efficient way.
Interview: Andree-Ann Deschenes, Pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up piano, and pursue a career in music?
That’s always an interesting question, because I don’t think there was a particular event or person that inspired me directly – it was rather a collection of circumstances, I guess. I don’t come from a musical family, but my mother always loved music and played the piano as a child. One day, I came home and there was an electric piano in the living room – she just went to the music store on a whim and decided to get a piano. I was intrigued right away, so it was decided that I should have lessons. The funny thing is, after six months, I decided that I didn’t like it at all and wanted to stop. I eventually came back to it after a while, with a new teacher, and I was hooked. I had a great teacher – not necessarily a world-class pianist, but I looked up to her immensely and she really kept me going. Then, I never stopped. I never had to ask myself what I was going to study in college, or what I was going to do “when I grow up”.
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