Piano Fantasy

Learn about Ukrainian piano music in my new article on Ukrainian piano composers. So much interesting music I discovered researching the topic for my blog. Composers like Levko Revutsky and Viktor Kosenko.

The Method To Superfast Fingers

Introduction What matters, is how the music sounds when all the work is done. It is a combination of control of sound colors, rhythm, phrasing, and precision. It all starts with intention. The strategy is what we call technique. In this article, we shall explore how the fingers work and how to efficiently develop the fingers. We must speak a bit on arm movements since the fingers can be…

Everything About Ludwig van Beethoven’s Für Elise

The History of Für Elise Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) wrote 51 bagatelles, including Für Elise, probably written in 1810. Many bagatelles were published during Beethoven’s life and bear an opus number, but Für Elise was one of those published after his death and no less than 40 years after, in 1867 by the Beethoven scholar Ludwig Nohl, as Bagatelle in a-minor WoO 59. WoO stands for the German…

The Secret of Fingering in Piano Playing

How to choose a good piano fingering? When watching Bugs Bunny playing Liszt’s Second Hungarian Rhapsody, it is hilarious and funny to see how he plays with his feet. But it is also intriguing for looking beyond what is common at finding pianistic solutions Fingering is, to most amateurs, the only problem in which they try to find a solution. Yet, it is so much more complex than that. In this…