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Josef Lhévinne [a] [1] (13 December 1874 – 2 December 1944) [2] was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing. Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was lay-VEEN. [3]
Good piano playing technique involves the simultaneous understanding in both the mind and the body of the relationships between the elements of music theory, recognition of musical patterns in notation and at the fingertips, the physical landscape of the entire range of the keyboard, finger dexterity and independence, and a wide range of touch ...
Konus (far left) with Anton Arensky and two other classmates from the Moscow Conservatory: Nikita Morozov and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Lev Eduardovich Conus (Russian: Лев Эдуа́рдович Коню́с, Lev Eduárdovich Konyús), known in Western Europe and the US as Leon Conus (1871–1944), was a Russian pianist, music educator, and composer.
The Pianist's Book of Early Contemporary Treasures (published by Neil A. Kjos) Franz Liszt: An Introduction to the Composer and His Music (published by Neil A. Kjos) Johann Sebastian Bach: An Introduction to the Composer and his Music (published by Neil A. Kjos) Mily Balakirev: Islamy and Other Favorite Russian Piano Works (published by Dover)
The three books of Études by György Ligeti (1985, 1988–94, 1995) are perhaps closest to the old tradition in that they too concentrate each on a particular technique. Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 's 100 Transcendental Studies (1940–44), which take Godowsky and Liszt as their starting point, frequently focus on particular technical elements ...
In its physiological foundations, Breithaupt's "natural piano technique" depends, in its explicit recognition, on the almost contemporary work of the physician and physiologist Friedrich Adolf Steinhausen. Breithaupt's formula "don't think about your fingers, don't want to play with your fingers" effectively summarizes the fundamental principle ...
Andrei Gavrilov was born into a family of artists in Moscow.His father was Vladimir Gavrilov (May 30, 1923 – December 4, 1970), one of the eminent Russian painters during the middle of the 20th century, through whom Gavrilov also has German ancestors.
Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus (Polish: Henryk (Henry) Neuhaus, Russian: Ге́нрих Густа́вович Нейга́уз, Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 12 April [O.S. 31 March] 1888 – 10 October 1964) was a Russian [1] [need quotation to verify] pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he grew up in a Polish-speaking household. [2]