From Bach to Rach
From Bach and Haydn to Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff, discover some of the repertoire likely to feature in Graham Fitch’s upcoming performance workshop!
From Bach and Haydn to Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff, discover some of the repertoire likely to feature in Graham Fitch’s upcoming performance workshop!
What makes one pianist sound expressive while another, playing exactly the same notes, sounds mechanical? More often than not, the answer lies in phrasing. In this article, Graham Fitch explores how breathing, direction, accompaniment and musical imagination combine to transform notes on the page into compelling musical communication.
In this blog post we offer encouragement and suggestions for how to approach performing and to enjoy your playing to the full as an amateur pianist.
Discover why performance can feel so different from practice and how to prepare more effectively in our new course: Lights–Camera–Action.
Takeaways From a Four-Question Survey Yesterday’s player pianos were able to execute note-perfect performances. Yet, they lacked the engineering needed for expressive nuance. Fast forward to today’s machines. Robot fingers…