Some of the key concepts explained to a beginner student
Born in Montreal in 1955 Alan Fraser studied piano but also delved into composition, cello, classical singing and had several stints as a pop musician. Alan’s main pianistic influence was the pioneering research of Phil Cohen who studied alongside Ronald Turini, Andre Laplante and Janina Fialkowska with Yvonne Hubert, who had been Cortot‘s assistant in Paris. Alan spent several years with Cohen after an apprenticeship with two former Cohen students, Alan Belkin and Lauretta Milkman.
How can you let go and still hold on?
is a very important thing when you play the piano
When the key goes down, the finger goes up
This feeling has to become a second nature when playing the piano
The piano is playing you really
Standing, walking and running
