Russian technique

[thompson_321]

Is it possible to attain the Russian technique in your 20s? I know they are trained from an early age, and I'm one of those people who want to be just as good as any of them!

[quantum]

Just curious.  Why do you see the Russian technique in particular to be of benefit to your circumstance? 

[thompson_321]

Just curious.  Why do you see the Russian technique in particular to be of benefit to your circumstance? 

Because I connect with the way the Russians play. I would like to be at the same level as the greats, such as Alexie Sultanov.

[omar_roy]

What exactly is "the Russian technique?"

[worov]

Maybe this book could help. Heinrich Neuhaus was a russian piano teacher. A famous pedagogue who taught Richter and Guilels at the Moscow Conservatory.

[pianist1976]

Copyright 1973. I guess the copyright is still valid today and at least the translation is protected 

[worov]

Part 2.

[worov]

Part 3.

[worov]

If the translation is copyrighted, let's read the russian text !

For those who can read russian.

[pianisten1989]

ofc you can learn the "russian technique" when you're 20. But beware, there are several techniques that are known as "the russian"

[keyboardclass]

I know the English publisher - he's not exactly happy.  The US publishers can't be bothered to reprint and he hasn't got rights to sell there!

[pianist1976]

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[raintree]

What exactly is "the Russian technique?"

Yes, would someone please elaborate?

[thompson_321]

Part 2.

I have that book. Thanks anyway.

[richard black]

Go to Russia and study Russian technique! Or go to Tbilisi, Georgia, where most of the teachers follow the same school of thought (indeed there is apparently some justification for calling it the 'Russian/Georgian technique'). Go and study with my dear old friend Edisher Rusishvili, he'll sort you out good and proper. He even speaks some English! I'm not entirely joking, actually, they're delighted to see a few foreigners in Tbilisi, it's a magnificent conservatoire and a lovely city and you'll be amazed to find just how far your money will go, by comparison with Western Europe.

[rachfan]

Neuhaus' The Art of Piano Playing is one of the finest books ever written on piano performance.  Here is another that might be of interest to you:

Christopher Barnes (Editor) The Russian Piano School.  Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Piano-School-Conservatoire-Professors/dp/1871082889/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300655497&sr=1-1

[keyboardclass]

Neuhaus' The Art of Piano Playing is one of the finest books ever written on piano performance.  Here is another that might be of interest to you:

Christopher Barnes (Editor) The Russian Piano School.  Link:

https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Piano-School-Conservatoire-Professors/dp/1871082889/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1300655497&sr=1-1

My same publisher friend!  and a fine book at that.