Photographs: Accademia di Musica Pinerolo.
Photographs: Workshop Maria João Pires – 12 / 17 November
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Interview: Alexander Ullman, Pianist
Who or what inspired you to take up the piano and pursue a career in music?
Many people and things. My parents bought me a piano when I was six and my passion for music started there. The love affair was never something I could imagine giving up so the choice of career paths was not a difficult one.
Who or what were the most important influences on your musical life and career?
All of my teachers and the composers that guided me through my development as an artist.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
Dealing with a hand injury when I was sixteen and the recovery from that.
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WORKSHOP MARIA JOÃO PIRES – 12 / 17 NOVEMBER
Respiro e Movimento® has the pleasure to announce the intensive workshop of Maria João Pires, international pianist and winner of last year’s Gramophone Award, and her assistants Miloš Popovic and Julien Brocal. Giuseppe Ravì, founder of Respiro e Movimento® method, will give lessons during the workshop to the participants. The workshop will be located at the “Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo (TO)” from the 12th to the 17th of November.
Respiro e Movimento® ha il il piacere di annunciare il workshop intensivo condotto da Maria João Pires, pianista di fama internazionale vincitrice lo scorso anno del Gramophone Award, e i suoi assistenti Miloš Popovic e Julien Brocal. Giuseppe Ravì, ideatore del metodo Respiro e Movimento®, terrà lezioni per tutta la durata del workshop agli allievi partecipanti. Il workshop si terrà presso l’Accademia di Musica di Pinerolo (TO) dal 12 al 17 novembre.
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What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
- Taking the plunge in my early 20s and deciding after all to be a solo pianist.
- Maintaining the natural sense of British taste and reserve at the same as learning to be emotionally open, and keeping the balance between the two.
- Playing Bach.
- Standing in for Daniel Barenboim playing Bach.
What are the particular challenges/excitements of working with an orchestra/ensemble?
Exploring the characters of everyone one works with, and making the most of those characters, rather than going in with a fixed ideal and trying to make everyone fit in with it.
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