DISCOVER YOUR REAL POTENTIAL
Who or what have been the most important influences on your musical life and career?
Definitely my teachers, but also each and every collaboration with an orchestra and a conductor has given me the opportunity to learn something new and develop myself.
What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?
Learning to say no and finding out my limits.
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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.
What do you consider to be the most important ideas and concepts to impart to aspiring musicians?
For me, the most important thing to impart to students is that great music is not ‘entertainment’, nor just a social accomplishment, but a reflection of life. Most of the music I care about is a metaphor for life, of its complexity (and sometimes its simplicity). Great composers have found a way of channelling their thoughts and life experiences into music, in such a way that the rest of us can receive a kind of ‘distilled understanding’ through the music. Once a young musician has grasped this point, working on music becomes much more than a surface task, and they can begin a huge journey of exploration.
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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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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.
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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