French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard has teamed up with publisher G. Henle Verlag to offer a series of master classes in honour of the 150th birthday of French composer Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937). This piano course is intended for young professional pianists who wish to receive advice and guidance from a leading interpreter of Ravel’s music. Pierre-Laurent…
Tag: Master Classes
Master Classes with Dame Imogen Cooper
It’s the start of a new academic year and as it’s been a while since I posted a master class, I thought the following might be just the ticket to inspire a fruitful term’s work. Filmed in the Performance Hall at the Royal College of Music in London on January 30th 2024, this class was…
Eton College at Coach House Pianos
Just along the New King’s Road in Chelsea, London, stands an impressive white Art Deco building. Such buildings were generally constructed in the early part of the Twentieth century and they frequently exhibit a certain majestic quality. But they also tend to harbour a faded grandeur. This particular building is the renowned Talisman building. It…
Historic Classes with Arthur Rubinstein
This post highlights a series of historic classes with the legendary Polish born pianist Arthur Rubinstein (1887 – 1982). Considered by many as the greatest interpreter of Chopin, Rubinstein gave these classes in 1978 at the Jerusalem Music Centre, and they traverse a whole selection of repertoire including Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, and…
A Master Class with Gina Bachauer
This master class was filmed in 1973. Taken from the Jerusalem Music Centre’s archives, it features legendary pianist Gina Bachauer at the Jerusalem Music Centre. Bachauer works on Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 with JMC graduate Yefim Bronfman. Gina Bachauer (1913 – 1976) was born in Athens, Greece, and gave…
Master classes with Valentina Lisitsa
I’m championing the importance of public ‘class’ lessons and today’s post features Ukrainian pianist Valentina Lisitsa. Valentina enjoys a busy performing career. She established her YouTube channel in 2007 and has been hailed an internet ‘star’. The following classes have been filmed over a period of a few years. They illustrate her approach to performing…
Master classes with Olga Kern
In today’s post I’m continuing my quest to highlight master classes (or public lessons). YouTube is a wonderful resource for teachers and students where we can enjoy various filmed classes online. These videos allow us to learn and are all at our fingertips. Russian pianist Olga Kern was born in Moscow and studied at the…
Master Classes with Nelita True
In many respects a master class is a public lesson, the audience eavesdropping on proceedings. Attending public classes can be surprisingly beneficial both for students and teachers. We can all learn from observing the lessons of others. This is especially true when learning from esteemed pianists and teachers. I stumbled across this interesting filmed lesson,…
A Master Class with Stephen Hough
I recently discovered this interesting selection of videos, which appear on YouTube, highlighting master classes given by eminent British pianist Stephen Hough. They were recorded in last year (2016) at the Aspen Music Festival and School in the USA. Featuring a wide range of standard repertoire (including Reflect dans l’eau by Debussy (Images Book 1),…
Yuja Wang’s master class debut
Public lessons can be beneficial and interesting for many reasons, whether for teachers, students, or anyone who loves the piano. Uploaded in January this year, the following classes were filmed at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, Israel. There’s much to glean from Yuja Wang and this is apparently her ‘master class’ debut,…
A Master Class with Garrick Ohlsson
I’ve been working in Germany over the weekend, tutoring a bilingual piano workshop near Düsseldorf, so I thought it appropriate to highlight a master class today. Gelsenkirchen is a city in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany. I’ve been visiting a couple of times a year since 2014. I provide piano classes (which are free…
A master class with Andrei Gavrilov
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. As we say goodbye to 2015, I’m posting this master class given by Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov. I interviewed Gavrilov in 2013. His interview is one of the most fascinating of all my 40 filmed interviews with eminent classical pianists. This class was recorded in Glasgow at…