by admin | Jun 24, 2024 | Creativity, Performance, Teaching
Every piano piece is a journey—a narrative waiting to be told through sound. Before you even touch the keys, grasp the essence of the composition. What story does it aim to tell? Is it a vivid description, a dialogue, or a progression through emotions? Outline its...
by admin | Feb 2, 2024 | Creativity, Performance
When we listen to a successful performance, the ideas and intentions of the composer and performer are clear and simple. It appears effortless for the performer, even though we understand the daily struggle behind learning a piece. Ideally, when we perform, playing...
by admin | May 6, 2023 | Teaching
Regular practice of sight-reading is akin to physical exercise. It trains both your muscles and your brain, yielding noticeable results when approached consistently and systematically. Don’t be overwhelmed by the challenge. Start by focusing on one music...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Creativity, Performance
Music is a tool to communicate ideas in a very special way that does not necessarily need words, although it often goes along with human speech and beyond. Students frequently struggle with creative decisions because they are either struggling to trust their own...
by admin | May 6, 2020 | Teaching
Certainly! Here are the changes I made in your text: Original:If you are somewhat familiar with the music notation, you will agree that it is pure math. The pulse or beat is organized into meter and rhythm, there is an equal number of beats in each measure, the...
by admin | Apr 5, 2020 | Career, Teaching
Today, many music students realize that building a career path in music is incredibly difficult and the end result is highly unpredictable. Indeed, it is a volatile field, and random events, such as war or epidemics, can throw many freelancers off their normal course....
by admin | Mar 3, 2020 | Teaching
The most important skill a musician needs to possess is the ability to imagine the music with their inner ear. Playing music, especially playing the piano, is a very intense activity. The performer needs to read the music notation for both notes and rhythms, remember...
by admin | Jan 2, 2020 | About Me
I come from a very small town in a country of three million people, Moldova. My parents moved there from Russian Siberia to work as engineers at a cement factory when I was two. Moldova became my country and I learned Moldovan or Romanian, along with Russian. I also...
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