Piano Methodology

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Pohl, Christian A.

• Klaviermethodik (German)....................................................EP 11511

Christian A. Pohl's groundbreaking Klaviermethodik marks a new era of learning and practicing on the piano.

The author sums up the quintessence of his decades of experience as a piano teacher and pianist in a comprehensive, multi-layered and inspiring way. The result is an almost inexhaustible fund of practical instructions for a wide variety of artistic, musical and pianistic learning goals, systematically compiled in numerous concepts, methods and practice models. For successful and enjoyable learning and making music on the piano - up to concert maturity.

“In my opinion, Christian A. Pohl's systematic piano methodology is the valid piano methodology for the coming decades.

A milestone in instrumental pedagogy!”

(Jörg Schweinbenz, Professor at the Berlin University of the Arts) • 13 concepts, 27 methods, 13 practice models • Novel and extraordinarily detailed methodology - from the workshop of a pianist • Inspirational and motivating for every practice phase • Graphically appealing designed for quick intuitive understanding • With numerous sheet music examples and pedagogical tips - for today's teaching practice • Over 300 practical flashcards for all chapters available for download

Christian A. Pohl teaches as a professor for piano and piano methodology at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Academy of Music and Theatre in Leipzig.

For more than 20 years he has been intensively involved in the development of systematic piano methodology. Master classes and seminars regularly take Christian A. Pohl to numerous European and Asian countries.

Roskell, Penelope

• The Complete Pianist

From healthy technique to natural artisty.............................EP 73024

“An Encyclopaedic masterpiece of pianistic wisdom”

Piano Magazine

The Complete Pianist: from healthy technique to natural artistry offers a new and unique approach to piano playing, in which Penelope Roskell shares a lifetime’s experience of teaching, performing and groundbreaking research into healthy piano playing.

Containing more than 500 pages of text, 300 videos and 250 exercises newly devised by the author, this is the most comprehensive book ever written on piano playing. The book has something new to offer to all pianists and keyboard players - student and teacher, professional and amateur.

Roskell guides pianists through the early stages of learning a piece, through all the technical challenges and interpretative choices, towards inspired performance. Each new aspect of playing is addressed through a series of practical exercises which proceed, step-by-step, from the basics towards more advanced applications. Roskell demonstrates all the musical and technical points herself in videos accessible by smartphone, tablet or computer.

Penelope Roskell is Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. As a soloist she has played in major concert halls in more than thirty countries. She is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing, and Piano Advisor to the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, where she holds a clinic for pianists with tension or injuries.

Winner - Presto Music Award Best New Publication 2020

“A lifetime's experience of piano playing. The Complete Pianist will become a standard text for years to come.”

Music Teacher Magazine, Review Fiona Lau

“Without question, Penelope Roskell’s The Complete Pianist is the most monumental publication yet to arrive for review, and with 560 large format pages, 250 newly-devised exercises and more than 300 supporting online videos, I can well believe that it’s the most comprehensive book ever written on piano playing, as well as the most superbly presented.”

Pianodao.com

“This is an extraordinary, universal book...”

EPTA Piano Journal May 2020

“Penelope Roskell has created an encyclopedic masterpiece of pianistic wisdom, based on a fruitful performing and teaching career, and fueled by her quest for a healthy, injury-free approach to the piano.”

Piano Magazine, USA, Reviewer Julie Miller

“I have known and admired Penelope Roskell for over forty years as both performer and teacher [...] I wholeheartedly recommend The Complete Pianist as valuable reading for any person interested in the art of piano playing.”

Sulamita Aronovsky - Professor of Piano, Royal Academy of Music; Chairman, London International Piano Competition

“This book is a pragmatic and erudite summary of a working lifetime spent considering how to keep healthy whilst playing piano.”

Mr Mark Phillips - British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, Hand surgeon

“In sum, The Complete Pianist is a remarkable achievement, a comprehensive manual for pianists and teachers, packed with invaluable accumulated wisdom and intelligent advice, and excellent supporting materials. Penelope Roskell simplifies the craft and art of piano playing, without ever devaluing musical ability, talent and artistry, and provides pianists with the tools to practice and work independently, yet with the sense of a supportive, sympathetic teacher always at one’s side, encouraging one to continually develop one’s artistic skill.

Highly recommended.”

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