Discussions

Alan, you have a fantastic recording of the on your website. I sense that you have a deep understanding of the rhythmic vitality buried within this piece. The way you play the main theme is particularly effective (s...

Hey, Alan! What do you think of Natan Brand? I think his Scherzo in Bminor (Chopin) is awesome! Would you agree with me if I say that he has a very nice tone and orchestrates well? All the best!

Although I'm extremely interested in the objective issues that make sense of how and why certain things work, the other day I stumbled on an ultra-subjective idea that I believe provides a fantastically simple point of f...

I haven't studied so intensely lately. However I'm starting to feel the pull of the gravity acting somewhere around the elbow more and more. As it is clear that the gravity factor doesn't change it's even more clear that...

Another phenomenal pianist. This seems to me another example of arm-weight properly understood. Annie Fischer, Rubinstein, Godowsky and Arrau would be the others that come to mind Great pianists make things look sim...

Hello everybody, I want to write about my current concerns , i'm going to tell my story; last year i had gotten a horrible tendinitis on my right wrist, after playing chopin's polonaise op.44, i have seen many doct...

Alan helped me with the opening of Debussy's Reflets dans l'Eau. My fingers were too "set." He coached me in "mashing" the chords. It sounded contradictory to good structure, but for me the likelihood of "setting" my han...