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General Meeting NVMTA, February
General Meeting NVMTA, February
The Viennese Fortepiano in Classical Music A Zoom Link will be emailed to members the week of the event. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He specializes in the First Viennese School — Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. He made his Carnegie Hall (Weill) debut at age 22 and has 50+ tour dates per year as a sought-after soloist, chamber musician, and clinician. Daniel studied historical performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He refined his command of historical practices through private study with Andreas Staier and Ingomar Rainer. Daniel is devoted to performing on Viennese fortepianos — utilizing the vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. He brings his expertise in the Viennese sound, culture, philosophies, and performance practices of the Classical era to his interpretations. He also enjoys the 18th-century practice of leading orchestras in concerto and symphony performances from the keyboard, acting not as a modern conductor, but as a leader from within the ensemble. Daniel hosts Classical Cake, the podcast about Viennese classical music and culture. Before switching to the fortepiano, Daniel studied privately with internationally-renowned pianists John O’Conor, Gil Sullivan, and Robert Lehrbaumer. Daniel is a dual citizen of the USA and Israel. He comes from a musical family — his mother is a cellist and his father, a composer, taught him piano and composition starting at age four.
NVMTA Lecture Series
NVMTA Lecture Series
THE CLASSICAL FORTEPIANO FOR PEDAGOGUES Attendees are introduced to the sound world of the fortepiano and its significant impact on Classical-era music. Topics of discussion include: piano evolution, technical aspects of fortepianos, expected performance practices during the Classical era, and historical tuning. Special attention will be give to how these characteristics and performance practices can be reconciled within modern pedagogy. Daniel Adam Maltz is a fortepianist based in Vienna, Austria. He has 50+ tour dates worldwide per year and specializes in Wiener Klassik (Viennese Classicism) — especially the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven — performed on the Viennese fortepianos of their time. Called “master of the Viennese fortepiano,” critics praise Daniel’s performances for their “broad warmth” with “lavish but tasteful” playing (Classical Sonoma), his “very sensitive phrasing” with “marvelous dynamic contrasts” (Marblehead Current), and Daniel’s “extraordinary precision and lightness” (The Common Reader). He debuted at Carnegie Hall (Weill) at age 22 and is a sought-after soloist, Lieder accompanist, and clinician. Daniel also hosts Classical Cake, the podcast about Viennese classical music and culture. Daniel studied fortepiano performance at the Royal Academy of Music in London and the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna. He refined his command of historical practices through private study with Andreas Staier and Ingomar Rainer. Daniel is devoted to performing on Viennese fortepianos — utilizing the vast range of tones and colors familiar to the composers. He brings his expertise in the Viennese sound, culture, philosophies, and performance practices of the Classical era to his interpretations. Before switching to the fortepiano, Daniel studied privately with internationally-renowned pianists John O’Conor, Gil Sullivan, and Robert Lehrbaumer. Daniel is a dual citizen of the USA and […]
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NVMTA Lecture Series
NVMTA Lecture Series
NVMTA presents.... Alan Fraser, "How to bring the ideas of piano somatic to the young pianist" Lecture Description This lecture will show you how to transform piano technique from a tedious chore into a joyful exploration of the physical self at the piano. It follows the curriculum of Pianimals, where the hand is likened to a mini-body that can lie down, stand up, walk, and eventually leap and run on the keyboard. We’ll see how these skills can be acquired organically and sequentially, as the hand follows the same development patterns that a baby experiences from birth to its first steps and beyond. We’ll also explore how each exercise along this journey, when applied to a simple musical composition as is done in Pianimals, helps the pupil immediately experience not only an enlightened sense of physical ability, but also of musicianship. Alan of course welcomes questions from the group, turning the lecture into something more of a round table than a simple one way communication. Biography Canadian concert pianist, pedagogue, author, and Feldenkrais practitioner Alan Fraser received his early training in Montreal, his most influential teacher being Phil Cohen (a student of Yvonne Hubert, who had been Alfred Cortot’s assistant in Paris). After studies with Cohen which laid the foundation for his eventual development of Piano Somatics, Fraser moved to Yugoslavia in 1990 to study with acclaimed virtuoso Kemal Gekic (now artist in residence at Florida International University). In addition to these two major influences, Fraser's Feldenkrais training allowed him to develop an understanding of the mechanics of the human body that is transformational when applied to piano technique. He continued to teach piano at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia until his retirement in 2020. He has presented his […]