Alan Fraser

Alan Fraser

placeNovi Sad, Serbia

1121 videos

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.

Two types of stage fright

and what to do about it

Nov 26, 2023 Beginner Lecture

About the Russian piano school

Alan answers a question about the Russian school of piano technique

Sep 22, 2023 Beginner Lecture
Aug 27, 2023 Intermediate Lesson

Link hands to core functionally part 3

ATM from Munich, May 2023 workshop

Aug 18, 2023 Beginner ATM

Link hands to core functionally part 2

ATM from Munich, May 2023 workshop

Jul 18, 2023 Beginner ATM

Link hands to core functionally part 1

ATM from Munich, May 2023 workshop

Jul 13, 2023 Beginner ATM

Don't get stuck in the physical aspect of piano technique

Experience the physical but link it to the ear and emotions

Jul 6, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

Build up your repertoire of movements at the piano

"Expressively directed micro timing"

Jul 4, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

How to grow the arch if I have small hands

Tiny adjustments are needed even if you have small hands

Jun 30, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

How about octave jumps?

Are the octaves played "from the wrist" or is there something else at play?

Jun 29, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

How about leaping?

Alan demonstrates leaps with la campanella

Jun 29, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

Passagework

"There is a space between the notes"

Jun 26, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

Big chords and the harpsichord technique

Alan demonstrates big chords

Jun 20, 2023 Intermediate Lecture

Alberti bass from a musical point of view

Keep yourself aware of the levels of the sound

Jun 19, 2023 Beginner Lecture