From a lecture given during AFI - Leusden 2016
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.
Alan talks about the dome of the hand, harpsichord technique and touch
Take your time but do stand up and walk. Feldenkrais and Menuhin anecdote
How do we make up the lost time and get up to speed with the propper technique
Thumb opposition is one of the basic hands movements and Alan explains why is it very importnat in piano playing
Think you can't play because of your small hands? See what Alan has to say on that
We are talking about phrasing, sound, horizontal playing..
Alan wraps up the lecture and the series by talking about palm, harpsichord, walking..
