The Piano Express

This is a gorgeous transcription of a piece written by the great German composer Johann Sebastian Bach. It was transcribed by the Bohemian pianist and composer August Stradal, and is performed here by the Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/h3-rNMhIyuQ?si=Q2tGjBszHHYkLP2b

For this Finale Friday, we're listening to the famous film composer Philip Glass and his Etude No. 6, performed by Yuja Wang. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/ksc5tNc-KXc?si=xCzbHJ7grkLlssFb

Here is the fiendishly difficult ending of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto, dispatched with ease by a young Martha Argerich. Enjoy this Finale Friday!

https://youtu.be/pSHr9WCZDy0?si=HZZuGDch3SHvLzlN

It was so nice to catching with our former student Kaia Greene this past weekend. She began learning piano with us at age 6. Now she is holding our community spellbound with her performance as Elsa in Rockridge HS's Frozen the Musical. Next year she is headed off to Berklee School of Music! Best of luck Kaia! You've come a long way! (photos used by permission)

Happy Finale Friday!

For this Finale Friday, check out quite possibly the greatest pianist of all time, Vladimir Horowitz, putting his own spin on the frantic ending of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6.

bit.ly/Hungarian-Rhapsody-No-6-Finale-Youtube

On October 29th we had our first Halloween performance! Thank you to everyone who came! 🎃 We loved seeing all of your costumes, and hearing you play. We are hoping to do many more informal performance days like this in the future!