Sep 12, 2020 | Practice and performance, Teaching and learning, Video
What exactly is a state of flow or peak performance zone and how do you get into it? In this video I explain what flow means to me as a teacher and student of fluent musicianship and give some key pointers on how to achieve this elusive state.
Sep 6, 2020 | Artistic philosophy, Practice and performance, Teaching and learning, Video
As a fluent musician, to learn to play fast notes on the piano, you first need mental dexterity and then you need to be able to let go and play with physical and rhythmic freedom. It is the passive, muscle-memory approach that becomes obsessed with the physical...
Aug 29, 2020 | Interpretation, Mozart, Solo Piano, Video
Mozart’s Adagio in B minor K540 is a beautiful piece, full of drama and pathos. In this video, I talk about how I play it and what it means to me. You can hear my full performance of the piece on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3jrS8EI and on Apple Music at...
Aug 26, 2020 | Artistic philosophy, Musicianship, Video
The groove in music is its underlying rhythmic structure and the main source of musical meaning. It functions just like metre and form in poetry. The meaning of the words in poems are enhanced by musical rhythm. So groove is a kind of musical logic, a natural flow and...
Jun 15, 2020 | Own compositions, Pianos, Solo Piano, Video
In this video I play with futuristic transformations to the Pianoteq’s new J. Salodiensis Virginal 1600 after performing a short piece by Frescobaldi using the instrument in its original faithfully reproduced form.
