Le compositeur Arthur Honegger à son piano.
Photo : Sam Lévin
A bit kooky, but some valuable advice here.
Piano Technique: playing beyond the fingers in Debussy Arabesque No. 1 (by arioso7)
I miss the way my old piano teacher used to talk to me.. lol
‘play like you’re an insect walking on the water, not falling in and drowning, soft and bright, just like the insect’
what a touch!
Bach Keyboad Partita #2
Normally I try to stay away from those wrecked-piano-as-a-symbol-of-romantic-decay things, but this is so compelling.
Absorbed. I only took three steps in the front door of this place and only to get a picture of this #piano sinking into the basement. #abandonedhouse #urbex #urbanexploration #urbandecay
I seriously have to practice piano tomorrow……this’ll be me.
That’s me trying to figure out how to play the Ravelian repeated notes.
Can’t resist a cat-at-the-piano reblog.
(Source: alabastercrow, via dannaguilar)
This is a post in appreciation of Georges Cziffra, the man with the indomitable technique, quite possibly the most technically advanced pianist we have recordings of. Don’t believe me? Take a look at these. Abandon all hope, ye who listen here.