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| Pianist Jean-David Coen has a varied career due in part to a rich background of study with some of the world’s great teachers at several significant institutions. Presently he is Professor of Piano at Willamette University, and artist-faculty and member of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he began as assistant to John Perry in 1986. Additionally, this spring, Coen was a guest Professor of Piano at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. He studied with Jack Previn , Adele Marcus, Jeanne-Marie Darre, Sacha Gorodnitzki, finishing his doctoral work with John Perry at USC. Coen has performed with numerous orchestras, has appeared in recital in many cities including Paris and New York City, and has had performances played on NPR's Performance Today. This summers' performances included both the Ligeti and Arensky d minor trio. |
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Manhattan School of Music |
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| Anthony de Mare has commissioned and collaborated with esteemed musicians including Frederic Rzewski, Meredith Monk, John Zorn, Paul Moravec, David Del Tredici, Fred Hersch and the Tony Award-winning Jason Robert Brown, among others.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut in 2005 at Zankel Hall he has become well known for his solo and concerto performances as well as his pioneering achievements in concert theater. He was awarded First Prize and Audience Prize at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition (The Netherlands) and The International Competition of Contemporary Piano Music (France). He has nearly twenty recordings in his discography and his performances span four continents, attracting a fan base that extends beyond the traditional contemporary music audience.
De Mare is presently engaged in the creation and performance of Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano. This concert series will feature the work of 30 leading contemporary composers, commissioned to create a new piece based on the material of Sondheim’s melodies. Liaisons will premiere in the 2010-11 season as part of Sondheim’s 80th birthday celebration.
During the 2009-10 season E1 Entertainment will release de Mare’s newest recording entitled Speak !, which will be the first disc devoted exclusively to the speaking/singing pianist genre. The disc features works by Frederic Rzewski, Jerome Kitzke, Meredith Monk, Laurie Anderson, Derek Bermel and Rodney Sharman, including the two seminal works, “De Profundis” and “Sunflower Sutra”, which have been created for him. He will continue to tour Missing Peace, a series of old and new works that premiered at The Rubin Museum in New York City, inspired by the exhibition The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama. He will also continue touring the enormously popular The American Piano with pianist Steven Mayer.
Currently on the faculties of Manhattan School of Music and New York University, he is commitment to educating young people and encouraging them to initiate creative strategies as innovative professionals. |
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University of Hartford |
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| Luiz de Moura Castro is a professor at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford and Head of the piano department at the Juan Pedro Carrero School of Music in Barcelona. He also teaches at the Conservatory of Girona, Spain. In addition to his very active career as a soloist and recording artist, he is in considerable demand as a juror of international competitions such as the Van Cliburn. He has lectured and presented master classes throughout the world. |
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| Luiz de Moura Castro is a professor at the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford and Head of the piano department at the Juan Pedro Carrero Sc >> |
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The Influence of Karl Ulrich Schnabel on Teaching the Impact of Music Mini Session
Wednesday 4:15pm-5:15pm
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Body Expression a a Tool for Teaching of Musical Language Lecture
Thursday 2:45pm-3:30pm
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University of Montreal |
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| Marc Durand's commitment to psycho-pedagogical research has distinguished himself as one of the foremost Canadian teachers of both piano and piano pedagogy. He teaches at the University of Montreal and at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. Durand is regularly invited to give master classes by the finest music schools and most prestigious summer festivals in Canada, US, Europe, and Australia. Furthermore, he has been a member of several important juries for competitions such as Montreal and Cleveland. He enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, accompanist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. He has toured extensively in North America, Europe, North Africa, Asia, Indonesia, and Australia. Durand has made many recordings, mostly of French art songs with Canadian singers. He has studied in Montreal with Yvonne Hubert and at The Juilliard School with Adele Marcus, but the strongest influence on his artistic evolution has been Leon Fleisher, with whom he has closely collaborated since 1988. Many of his students have won numerous 1st Prizes and scholarships in national and international competitions. |
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Advanced Students Teaching Demonstration
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Golandsky Institute |
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| Edna Golandsky has earned wide acclaim throughout the United States and abroad for her extraordinary ability to solve technical problems and for her penetrating musical insight. She received her B.M. and M.M. degrees from the Juilliard School, following which she continued her studies with Dorothy Taubman. Ms. Golandsky also co-founded the Taubman Institute, of which she was Associate Artistic Director from 1976-2002. In June 2003, Ms. Golandsky and senior faculty members previously affiliated with the Taubman Institute formed the Golandsky Institute, which is the pre-eminent center for the study, advancement, and dissemination of the Taubman Approach. The Institute conducts an annual symposium and festival every July at Princeton University. More information on the Institute can be found at www.golandskyinstitute.org. Ms. Golandsky presents the Taubman Approach in its entirety in the 10-DVD set The Taubman Techniques. In conjunction with the Golandsky Institute, she has also further developed the Taubman Approach in the 3-DVD set, The Art of Rhythmic Expression, and the 2-DVD set, The Forgotten Lines: Lines that Support, Surround, and Intensify the Melody. Ms. Golandsky has lectured and conducted master classes at some of the most prestigious music institutions in the United States, including the Eastman School of Music, Yale University, Harvard University, the Curtis Institute, and Oberlin Conservatory, as well as internationally. |
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Ask a Question & Get an Answer: Using the Taubman Approach as a Means to Diagnose and Solve Specific Mini Session
Friday 5:30pm-6:30pm
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The Far Reaching Applications of teh Taubman Approach, from Piano Playing to Daily Activities Lecture
Friday 2:45pm-3:15pm
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The Juilliard School |
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| Yoheved Kaplinsky is currently Chairperson of the piano department of The Juilliard School, where she has served on the piano faculty since 1993. A native of Israel, she began her performing career as a winner of the J.S. Bach International Competition in Washington, D.C. Kaplinsky subsequently performed with orchestras, in recitals, and numerous chamber music series throughout the U.S. and Israel, and appeared frequently on radio and television. She holds a Doctorate from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Irwin Freundlich and continues her studies with Dorothy Taubman. Known for her insights into piano technique, Kaplinsky is in demand as a lecturer, and has given master classes in universities and conventions in the U.S., Europe, Israel, and the Far East. |
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Fingerings - Bring Any Passage Mini Session
Thursday 5:30pm-6:30pm
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Thursday 2:00pm-2:45pm
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Manhattan School of Music |
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| Phillip Kawin serves on the Manhattan School of Music piano faculty, where he has taught since 1989, and works with an international class of advanced and gifted pupils. His students have garnered top prizes in such international competitions as the Beijing International (China), the Martha Argerich (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Young Concert Artists (New York, USA), World Piano Competition (Cincinnati, USA), Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition (Washington DC, USA), Thailand International Piano Competition, Jacob Flier International Piano Competition (New York, USA), Kosciuszko Competition (New York, USA), and others. He is a member of the Manhattan School of Music Board of Trustees and President of the College Faculty Council. Over the past twenty-five years, Phillip Kawin has developed a highly individualistic pedagogical approach that combines aesthetic and artistic influences from Artur and Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, from Alfred Cortot through studies with Cortot’s long-time associate Jules Gentil, Leschetitzky and other visionary musicians of the past. He champions the mastery of creative tone production and the advanced principles of sound pianism. His musicianship embodies an analytical, yet eclectic approach, while encompassing the intuitive aspects of music-making. Phillip Kawin is in constant demand at national and international conferences and festivals. He has given his renowned lectures and insightful master classes at such institutions as the Moscow Conservatory, Rimsky-Korsakov (St. Petersburg) Conservatory, Van Cliburn Piano Institute, Beijing Central and Shanghai Conservatories, Seoul National University, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, and others internationally. For the past twelve years, he has been in residence at the Piano Summer International Institute / Festival in SUNY New Paltz, New York. Recently he returned from Israel, where he replaced famed Russian pianist Nikolai Petrov on the faculty of the Tel-Hai International Piano Master Classes. He was also on the jury for the 6th International Tchaikovsky Competition For Young Musicians 2009 in Suwon, Korea. Since 2004 he has been an active presenter at the annual World Piano Pedagogy Conference each season . Phillip Kawin has performed in recitals and as soloist with orchestras, as well as adjudicated throughout Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, and the US. He performed the opening concert of the 2006 St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra season with the Beethoven C-minor piano concerto, which he also performed with the Korean Symphony Orchestra. As a regular guest of the International Academy of Music, Phillip Kawin has taught and performed six consecutive years in Italy and six times in St. Petersburg, Russia. He opened the first Burgos International Music Festival in Spain. He has also been the subject of numerous programs and interviews on TV, radio, in print and on-line. He has recently released a critically acclaimed double CD of solo works by Beethoven, Schumann, Liszt, and Prokofiev, which also includes an exclusive interview with radio talk show host and renowned author David Dubal on the Master Performers label. His five DVDs for Excellence in Music, Inc. recorded live at the World Piano Pedagogy Conferences, are available on www.pianovision.com. They include master classes and such original lecture titles as: Sound Principles and Principles of Sound, Cultivating Pianistic Command, and Assimilation: The Key To Unleashing A Student’s Potential. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Phillip Kawin began his piano studies at the age of seven. He was invited by Jules Gentil to study at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where he graduated at the age of eighteen. He then continued his education in New York City, where he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music as a protege of Dora Zaslavsky Koch, a pupil of Harold Bauer and Wilhelm Backhaus. He credits John Perry as being a major pianistic and profound artistic influence. Phillip Kawin is a Steinway Artist. |
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Opposites in Piano-Playing: the Use of Opposing Motions, Dynamics, Touches and Tempos Mini Session
Wednesday 5:30pm-6:30pm
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Searching Beyond the Notes Lecture
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Kyungwon University, Seoul, South Korea |
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| Pianist Youngsook Kim was born in Korea in 1953 and began her piano study at the age of four. She made her debut at the age of nine, playing the Haydn Piano Concerto with the Seoul National Broadcast Orchestra. Following her debut she played with the Seoul National Orchestra and gave recitals at the National Theater. She studied under Professor Jinwoo Chung till 1969, and continued studies at Indiana University on a full scholarship with Robert Hamilton, George Sebok, and Menahem Pressler. She studied chamber music with distinguished cellist Janos Starker, and the violinists Joseph Gingold and Franco Gulli. In New York she has worked with Ms. Adele Marcus, as well as Leonard Rose, Leon Fleisher, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Beaux Arts Trios. She has studied with Maria Curcio in London. She received her bachelors and masters degrees from Indiana University and her doctor of Piano Pedagogy degree from Columbia University. In 1969, Ms. Kim won the Young Artist Competition, held by the Indianapolis Symphony. Since then, she has been playing solo and chamber music concerts in Canada , Italy , Southeast Asia, and the United States . She has performed extensively in New York City in Town Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Carnegie Recital Hall, and Queens Colden Center. In 1990, she gave her formal debut concert at Carnegie Recital Hall as the first concert for Carnegie Hall's Centennial Celebration Series. She also gave her formal San Francisco debut at Herbst Theater. She has been a professor and Associate Director of London Piano Festival for the period of 1993 through 1997. Currently she is a professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Kyungwon University. She serves as the President of Korean National Piano Teachers Association. She is now working as a pianist, teacher, author and lecturer. |
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How to Develop the Inner Listening Skill of Young Pianists Lecture
Wednesday 3:15pm-4:00pm
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| Rozalie Levant received her masters degree (with honor) in piano performance and Ph.D. in musicology in S.Petersburg, Russia . She started teaching at the age of 16 at the School of Music,and later in the College of Music at Leningrad Conservatory, and at two Universities in S.Petersburg, teaching all musical subjects-from analysis and polyphony to piano.She also created a new course for students studying profession of stage directing: "Application of Music to Drama Performance",for which she combined her experience of professional musician and the work at the famous Bolshoi Drama Theatre as a Director of Music. While working at the theatre, Dr. Levant performed in Europe, Argentina ,and Japan. In 1989 she immigrated to USA , where effective piano pedagogy became prime focus of her scientific recearch. Dr. Levant developed her own approach to piano pedagogy, which became a foundation for her book "The Anatomy of Musicality". The book is highly acclaimed by leading university professors, and reviewed on NPR and in american music magazines. Dr. Levant teaches big private studio, judges competitions,gives lectures and presentations at the national and international conferences. Among her recent presentations are WPPC in Dallas , Steinway Hall , New York ; UCLA, California ; St. Petersburg, Russia; European Piano Teachers Association, Serbia. She has her own seminar for piano teachers,entitled "Seven Stars Piano Playing". Recently Dr. Levant completed a new book for children with step-by-step description of teaching technique and musicality. In 2006/2007 Dr. Levant 's name was included in NHR's Outstanding American Teachers. |
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TBA Interactive Presentation
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New York University - Steinhardt School |
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| Marilyn Nonken is Ccrrently Director of Piano Studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School. She is one of the most celebrated champions of the modern repertoire of her generation. Upon her New York debut, she was heralded as "a determined protector of important music" (New York Times), and she is recognized as "one of the greatest interpreters of new music" (American Record Guide). Her performances have been presented at renowned venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Miller Theatre, and IRCAM. Festival appearances include Résonances, the Festival d'Automne, When Morty Met John, Works and Process, the Helsinki Festival, Aspects des Musiques d’Aujourd-hui, Messiaen 2008, New Music Days, Musikhøst, and the William
> Kapell International Piano Festival and Competition. She records for New World, Mode, Lovely Music, Albany, Metier, Divine Art, Innova, CRI, BMOP Sound, New Focus, Tzadik, and Neos. After graduating from the Eastman School, she received her Ph.D from Columbia University. She is a Steinway Artist. |
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| Marilyn Nonken is Ccrrently Director of Piano Studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School. She is one of the most celebrated champions of >> |
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Contemporary Composers & 20th and 21st century Music Town Hall Meeting
Friday 5:00pm-6:00pm
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University of Southern California |
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| John Perry is Professor of Piano at the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, visiting artist teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, a member of the faculty of the Colburn School for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, the Idyllwild School of the Arts in Idyllwild, California, and frequent guest faculty at the Banff Center in Alberta, Canada. During the summer he is an artist-teacher at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Sarasota Music Festival, the Holland Music Sessions, as well as visiting faculty at other national and international music festivals. |
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tba Mini Session
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| Pianist Joanne Polk has been catapulted into the public eye with her recordings of the complete piano works of American composer Amy Beach (1867-1944). Ms. Polk celebrated the centennial of Beach’s Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor by giving the work its London premiere with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Barbican Center under the baton of Paul Goodwin. A few days later, Ms. Polk performed the Piano Concerto with the Women’s Philharmonic in San Francisco with conductor Apo Hsu in a performance described as “brilliant” by critic Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle. He went on to describe Ms. Polk’s performance as, “an enormously vital, imaginative reading. Her playing was expansive in the opening movement, brittle and keen in the delightful scherzo. She brought a light touch to the foreshortened slow movement and fearless technical penache to the showy conclusion.” The first recording in the Beach series, by the still waters, received the 1998 INDIE award for best solo recording. Empress of Night, released on Arabesque Recordings, is the fifth volume of Ms. Polk’s ongoing survey of Beach’s piano works, and includes the Piano Concerto with the English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin conducting. The sixth volume of the series, Morning Glories, joins Ms. Polk with the Lark Quartet in three outstanding chamber music works by Amy Beach. Two all-Beach performances at Merkin Concert Hall, which featured Joanne Polk and the Lark Quartet, were applauded by the New York Times, as they deemed Polk’s performances “polished and assured.” The American Record Guide reported, “Polk and the Larks played their hearts out. We in the audience shouted ourselves hoarse with gratitude.” Prior to recording the complete piano music of Amy Beach, Ms. Polk recorded Completely Clara: Lieder by Clara Wieck Schumann, her debut CD for Arabesque Recording, featuring Metropolitan Opera soprano Korliss Uecker. This CD was selected as a “Best of the Year” recording by The Seattle Times and was featured on Performance Today on New York Public Radio. Ms. Polk’s CD for Albany Records, Callisto, was released in January 2004 and features the solo piano music of Judith Lang Zaimont. Her latest CD, Songs of Amy Beach, recorded with baritone Patrick Mason for Bridge Records, was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award. Ms. Polk has performed in solo recitals, with chamber ensembles, and as a soloist with orchestras in Europe, the United States and Australia. With composer Judith Lang Zaimont, she co-founded American Accent, a New York-based contemporary music group specializing in coveted, repeat performances of new works. Ms. Polk received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Degrees from The Juilliard School, and her Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from Manhattan School of Music. She has given master classes at the Summit Music Festival, New York Summer Music Festival, and at the University of Minnesota, and has joined the piano faculty of the Casalmaggiore International Festival in Italy. She is presently the Dean of the Precollege Division at Manhattan School of Music. |
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Women Composers Lecture Recital
Thursday 5:00pm-5:45pm
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| Joachim Reinhuber, born in Frankfurt Germany, comes from a musical family. His first teacher, Franz Calvelli-Adorno, was his grandfather. He then studied with Gisela Sott (Frankfurt), Robert Levin (University of Music, Freiburg), John Perry (Rice University, Houston TX) and Nancy Garrett (University of Texas at Austin). He was member of the faculty of the City of Aschaffenburg Music School, Germany, teaching piano, chamber music and music theory for 14 years. He has performed all over Germany, in recitals, chamber music and Lieder recitals. A live lecture recital with works by Adorno, Schoenberg and Brahms was recorded in 2005 by North German Radio in Bremen. In 2004 students of his piano studio performed the first book of the “Well-Tempered Clavier“ by Bach in several recitals around Aschaffenburg. In August 2006 he returned to Texas to complete the DMA program in piano performance at the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2008 he serves as assistant Professor of Piano at Texas A&M University, Kingsville, and is in great demand as recitalist, accompanist, edjucator, and coach. |
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Interaction Between Expression and Theoretical Music Knowledge Lecture
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University of Oregon |
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| Claire Wachter is an Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy and chairs the piano department at the University of Oregon. She has appeared in solo, chamber, and concerto concerts throughout the U. S. and in Finland, Austria, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, and Canada. She has been a collaborative artist in chamber music concerts with members of the New York Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh Symphonies. Wachter frequently appears in recital with her husband, and duo-partner, pianist Dean Kramer. She has been an invited lecturer and has given master classes in U.S. and abroad. Wachter’s articles have appeared in numerous magazines, including Piano and Keyboard and Piano Life. She completed degrees from Baltimore’s Peabody Conservatory of Music and The University of Texas at Austin. Wachter’s teachers include John Perry, Julio Esteban, Nancy Garrett, Carlo Zecchi and Rosa Sabater. |
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| Claire Wachter is an Associate Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy and chairs the piano department at the University of Oregon. She has appeared in >> |
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Committee on the History of Piano Teaching Committee Presentation
Thursday 8:30am-9:30am
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The Hartt School |
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| >> Benjamin ©aver - Founder & Executive Director |
Founder, World Piano Pedagogy Conference |
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| Benjamin ©aver’s next exciting project is ready for you! www.pianovision.com takes all the exciting, creative, and innovative ideas from the WPPC and offers that and more, 365 days a year! Our WEBZINE (online magazine) has numerous formats that enable you to interact and communicate with the most respected teachers and your colleagues from all over the world. Interesting articles, news, forums, job opportunities, all add to the irreplaceable value of the pianovision.com website. The SHOP offers you the opportunity to buy anything you need for piano teaching – print music and accessories – for the lowest prices on the internet! In addition to getting all the necessary information for the WPPC, this is one website you will definitely want to visit and take advantage of!
Benjamin continues to perform his Piano Show, where beautiful classical music is presented in a contemporary, theatrical way. He is the author of The Most Wanted Piano Teachers in the USA. In 1987, he was Editor-In-Chief of Piano Life magazine, and Founder and Artistic Director of the International Piano Summer Festival held in a 17th Century castle in Zemono, Slovenia.
Benjamin has been a prizewinner in several international piano competitions. For his performance of Liszt’s Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major, he received the highest national honor in his native Slovenia. |
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