{"id":4332,"date":"2011-12-07T20:45:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T20:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=4332"},"modified":"2011-12-08T23:06:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:06:40","slug":"the-russian-piano-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/piano-news\/the-russian-piano-school-4332\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Book: The Russian Piano School"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Moscow Conservatory piano school enjoys pride of place among Russia’s musical institutions. Its outstanding graduates have included Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Medtner, Richter, Gilels, Ashkenazy and Pletnev. Yet while their mastery transcends any process of formal teaching, behind these great names lies a teaching process whose workings are little known to the outside world – except in occasional publications such as Heinrich Neuhaus’ The Art of Piano Playing<\/em>.
\nThe Russian Piano School<\/em> offers a further and fuller insight into the views on technique and interpretation of several of the 20th century’s greatest Russian teachers and performers. Contributions come from the elder generation of Alexander Goldenweiser (a friend and contemporary of Rachmaninov), his pupil Samuel Feinberg, Heinrich Neuhaus and Konstantin Igumnov, as well as from a younger generation including Yakov Flier, Lev Oborin, Yakov Zak, and Grigorii Ginzburg, who tutored many master pianists of the present day. The book addresses several of the major technical and interpretative problems facing the pianist. This book should be of interest to both piano teachers and students, to professional performers, and also to many amateurs who aspire to reach beyond the first foothills of Parnassus.<\/p>\n

Part One offers a series of writings that illustrate the philosophy and methods of the school:<\/p>\n