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If you study seriously and have a talent, you can even yearn for Liszt's transcendentals. Where there's a will, there's a way, my dear!

Welcome !!!

TheSimon wrote:

If you study seriously and are gifted, you can even yearn for Liszt's transcendentals. Where there's a will, there's a way, my dear!

Welcome !!!

Thanks for the welcome!

Where there's a will, there's a way, but going to university, I have to follow studies at the level of a private teacher which is surely more limiting compared to a conservatory, or is it not?

ifritzoz wrote:

Thank you for the welcome!

Where there's a will, there's a way, but by going to university I have to follow studies at the level of a private teacher, which is surely more limiting compared to a conservatory, or is it not?

Studying in a conservatory does not guarantee at all that you will receive pearls of wisdom. There are good teachers both outside and inside conservatories, just as there are human goats both inside and outside conservatories... It is up to you to understand if you have ended up with a goat or with an individual worthy of being called a Maestro. Until a few years ago, in conservatories, they taught people who weren't even graduated... They stepped into their positions based on "artistic curriculum and merits". These are at least the rumors that have reached me.

I am of the opinion that concert performance should be learned from someone who performs or has performed concertos. If I could go back in time, I would ask my former teachers to let me hear what they play or what they have played (eventual videos of their concerts or recordings); you can't imagine how much I would have filtered out... You recognize a good teacher when, by following their advice, strong improvements are noticed immediately; if you are forced to do things your own way to improve because you have the intuition that the result is found by following another path, then it means that: either the teacher isn't much, or they have nothing more to teach you and it is time to look for someone else. In my opinion, this rule applies both outside and inside the conservatory.

Dear Ifritzoz,

Welcome. I fully agree with Simone. You can do a lot. It is true that one must always verify "what is being learned". As you will see in my Tutorials on piano technique (certainly not exhaustive in such a vast musical landscape!), I focus heavily on the naturalness of the piano "gesture". Energy is the offspring of relaxation and, in my opinion, every form of "bodybuilding" does nothing but "kill" future and/or immediate achievements. It is good to understand "what is being done". A good Maestro can himself, and must, exemplify what he wants to transmit to the Student. However, it is good that he signals what the student "must not do", while also leaving him other personal initiatives and solutions, provided they are correct.

Happy studying

Welcome Ifritzoz

Welcome, regarding the good teacher I take the liberty of pointing out this topic to you, I'll take the opportunity to dust off the subject

www.pianoconcerto.it/forum/index.php?/topic/1446-cosa-manca