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Hi Alan, I contacted you last summer for help with my problem turning the right hand 4th finger over the thumb in descending scales and arpeggios (e.g., C to B-flat in a B-flat scale or a descending dominant 7th in th...

I was reading of some old posts when I came across something Alan mentioned about Horowitz. In the post Alan mentioned how audiences will sometimes react more favorably to a mediocre performance when it is obvious that t...

Dear All I've just bought the latest two CDs from Deutche's new talent Alice Sara Ott. Here is a clip of her playing La Campanella. I'd be interested in hearing peoples comments about her technique and approach to...

What do you think? I've rarely been so impressed by a living player. These have some of the finest voicing I've heard in a hell of a long time.

Dear Alan, I have a 7 years old student she is a beginner and her finger joints collapse. I have just started reading The Craft Of Piano Playing and when I reached the part that you telling about Fingerstands on the w...

I attended Alan's recent workshop to get some advice of a problem I had playing properly with two hands. Basically, I would seize and stop breathing. I've been learning the piano for a bit over two years so I'm prett...

I am able to play more relaxed now and my fingers stopped shaking almost completely. I think it's rather a muscular cordination problem than a neurological one. I still have several questions. I have many demo songs o...

What are your thoughts? Rachmaninoff Sonata 2 3rd movement Carmen fantasy