The Russian Piano School: Russian Pianists and Moscow Conservatoire Professors on the Art of the Piano - Softcover

Barnes, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1871082889 ISBN 13: 9781871082883

Publisher: Kahn & Averill, 2007

Synopsis

Moscow and its Conservatoire was long, perhaps still is, the heart of Russian pianism. Its graduates range through Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Medtner, Richter, Gilels, Ashkenazy, Pletnev and beyond. Professor Christopher Barnes, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Toronto, has translated hitherto unavailable essays, critiques and lectures from the leading teaching lights at the Moscow Conservatoire. This is a feast of valuable piano pedagogy.

About this title

About the Author:

Professor and Chairman of the Slavic Department in the University of Toronto, Christopher Barnes is an acknowledged authority on the life and work of Boris Pasternak and a well-known translator of various modern authors. Pursuing a parallel interest in music, he also studied piano privately and is known as a lecturer-recitalist on Russian musical topics. He is currently working on a monograph on Scriabin and a history of Russian Pianism.

Review:

"Here is a book worth its weight in platinum! Christopher Barnes, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Toronto, has translated hitherto unavailable essays, critiques and lectures from the leading teaching lights at the Moscow Conservatoire. This is a feast of valuable piano pedagogy ...' Pianojazz"

About this edition

• Publisher: Kahn & Averill
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1871082889
• ISBN 13: 9781871082883
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Barnes Christopher