Announcing PianoTechnique.org - By Pianists For Pianists

First of all, forgive me for posting in this section. I wanted to get as much exposure as possible and I guess I can get away with it being the admin and the one who started this forum :p I have been studying piano with for several years too. Over that time, I've gained a TON of knowledge about piano technique, performance, practice techniques.. Most notable, it was the interaction with both of them that made the difference between developing good and bad habits. I got to watch them teach, speak and interact with the students. Then I got an idea! Its a web app or a service if you wish, where you can watch pre-recorded piano lessons taught by Alan or Kemal. More teachers will be added as we go along and the selection process will be very rigorous. Each teacher will be able to upload the lessons he/she wants. Teachers will of course be paid for uploading those lessons. We will have two subscription plans for our prospective users. Monthly - $9, and Yearly, $90. 70% of the money collected will be used to pay the teachers. I have developed a system that: 1. Tracks the number of video views 2. Tracks the cumulative number of views over given period (a month) 3. Restricts creating fake views/throttling (refreshing the page) 4. Restricts the teacher or his representative of creating artificial views 5. Gives daily, weekly and monthly performance reports. 6. Determines cost per view based on the total number of subscribers. The site has several sections: 1. All lessons in one place 2. Teachers section and lessons that belong to them only 3. Most popular lessons 4. Specific technique problems covered, or maybe a specific piece..maybe just the one you are working on at the moment. 5. Estimated 3-5 lessons will be uploaded each week. This number might vary. Every lesson gets tagged and those are searchable too. Head over to and leave your email. We will let you know when the site goes up. We are planing to launch it on the February 15th. This site will aim to help everybody seeking a really good piano teacher and give an insight into the work of some of the greatest and smartest piano pedagogues today. The lessons and information will be at your disposal any time, securely hosted on the fast servers of I can post some development screenshots if you are interested! Thanks for reading! Cheers! Jovan Haji-Djurich

Cool, it's nice to see this coming to fruition! I remember Alan mentioning it a couple of years a go in Bonn and it seemed like an exciting idea then. Even more so now that it's happening!

Thanks for your kind words Nick! I posted several screen shots on my blog:

The site is live! First 4 lessons/videos are: Kemal Gekic - Erlking DVD Alan Fraser - Lesson on Andante Spianato Polonaise Part1 Alan Fraser - Lesson on Andante Spianato Polonaise Part2 Kemal Gekic - Lesson on Ballade No. 2 - Chopin Part1 Hope you like it! I will upload 3-5 videos each week. Post your requests/thought at:

We are off to a good start! 11 videos uploaded so far and 2 of them are full feature DVDs. Misha Dacic - In Recital Kemal Gekic - Erlking I am rolling out a 'community in video point of interest tagging option' next week. You will be able to tag an interesting point in a video for yourself and others too. There is a selection of free videos and I will try to upload free videos when I can: You can always check out the stats here: Jovan

Just uploaded a really good lesson with Kemal on Chopin's Op.10 No.4 Etude. Its free, check it out!

Just to add my kudos to Jovan for the incredible amount of thought and hard work and excellent design vision he has put into this new site. We look forward to it becoming a valued and venerable institution on the piano scene worldwide.

Hi again, I got something very cool to share with you today. Alan generously gave me his teaching lessons from this month in London. I started the new serie on PianoTechnique.org titled Alan Fraser's lessons in April 2014. These lessons are great! A ton of info presented very precisely and concisely. This serie will feature on several pieces. Chopin's Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1 and Prokofiev's Visions Fugitives are some of them. The first lesson is . Share if want and follow the site on Twitter for future uploads. Link: Cheers, Jovan

Another Free for All lesson was just published! It's a lecture Alan gave in 2012, Smith College. Part 1 out of 4 is free for all! Subscribe for access to this mini series and hours of teaching material already available!

Another great and very popular talk Alan gave in Concord, NH this month (Jun/14) as part of Alan Fraser's Institute. Part 1 out of 5 is free for all! Check it out and support Alan on PianoTechnique.org For $9/month, you will have access to an incredible library packed with lectures and lessons!