When a year ago I was invited to be an expert in a new Facebook group, “Piano Learning—the Essence of Technique and Musicality”, the first question from a member was on technique of playing piano arpeggios. This question is asked frequently, and the answer to it varies great deal, depending on a particular legato technique …
The Amazing Piano Crescendo The piano crescendo. It is a basic and universal musical concept, one of those phrases that has drifted out of the realm of music and into the everyday lexicon to describe anything that is building, increasing, gathering momentum. The concept (getting louder) is easy enough for beginners to grasp in their …
Piano Fingering Explained The arrangement of the piano fingering is a fundamentally important part of the work on the new composition during its initial stage. In a process of deliberation, the musician follows conventional logic as well as his overall experience. He usually experiments, trying on a piano different possibilities of fingers’ arrangements, and then …
I received my Master’s degree with distinction in piano and musicology from the St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) Conservatory, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Ph.D. in musicology from Russian Institute of the Arts History. For 17 years I served as Music director for the preeminent Bolshoi Drama Theatre in St. Petersburg, and performed with the theater in Europe, Argentina, and Japan. During the same Read More
