Beethoven

Piano Somatics examines musicality in Beethoven's Fur Elise

Alan shows that even a simple piece like Fur Elise can be given new expressive life when the hand knows how to walk beautifully on key.

Beethoven - Appassionata Op. 57 III mvt - Allegro ma non troppo - Presto

Kemal's rendition of Beethoven's Appassionata (Montreal, Canada, 1988)

Beethoven - Appassionata Op. 57 II mvt - Andante con moto

Kemal's rendition of Beethoven's Appassionata (Montreal, Canada, 1988)

Beethoven - Appassionata Op. 57 I mvt - Allegro assai

Kemal's rendition of Beethoven's Appassionata (Montreal, Canada, 1988)

Beethoven sonata Op 14 No 1

Op. 2 No.3 Opening

A quick video on those two famous double thirds bars.

Elastic Chords

How does all this apply to chords?

Standing and Arm Weight How To

Remon is caught up in dichotomy. Standing is good but thinking about it all the time can be inhibiting.

Beethoven-2nd Concerto-3rd Mvt-Joplin-The-Entertainer

Recorded in 2002

Beethoven-Fur Elise Part 2

Many great things in this lesson. Alan explaines many key aspects of his approach

Beethoven-Fur Elise Part 1

Alan is helping a stundent's dysfunctional hand stand up and gives great performance advice

Pathetique Sonata - 2nd and 3rd mvt Part 1

Victoria 2015

Beethoven - Sonata Op.13 3rd Mvt Part 2

Part 2

Beethoven - Sonata Op.13 3rd Mvt Part 1

From a workshop in Geneva 2013

Beethoven - Pastoral Sonata Op.28 Part 2

Part 2

Beethoven - Pastoral Sonata Op.28 Part 1

Masterclass in Bonn 2012

Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.14 No.1 Part 2

Alan helps Julia control her hand and fingers better.

Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.14 No.1 Part 1

On arch, phrasing, musical thinking..tying a sensation of the arm to the musical though

Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.111 Part 2

Op.111 Part 2 with Alan

Beethoven - Piano Sonata Op.111 Part 1

Alan and John are working on Beethoven's last sonata.

Beethoven Sonata Op. 57 1st Mvt - Appassionata Part 2

Part 2 - Appassionata with Alan. More on hand structure and piano walking among other things

Beethoven Sonata Op. 57 1st Mvt - Appassionata

Alan is helping Jordan empowering her playing. A really good example of Alan's teaching.

Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 3

We explore the hand structure even further and working on the tone.

Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 2

"The sense of emotional connection is in the intensity of the touch"

Beethoven Sonata Op.110 Part 1

Alan is talking about stable and unstable equilibrium in piano playing as well as many other things

Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata 1st mvt Part 2

Part 2 - Beethoven's Waldstein sonata with Alan

Beethoven - Waldstein Sonata 1st mvt Part 1

Waldstein Sonata with Alan