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.
Introduction lecture on the first day of Alan's institute in Concord, Jun 2014 (5 parts mini series)
Part 2, standing and supporting the structucure, another great lesson from Alan
Nick's interesting performance and Alan is working on sound and orchestration
Part 2 - Prokofiev
Frederik and Alan are working on Prokofiev
Arm weight technique as it was originally concieved
Part 2 - Alan's lecture on the Thumb, Alan Fraser's Institute 2013
A lecture on the Thumb given to participants of Alan's Institute in 2013
Alan is helping Kathryn play this impromptu
Alan is helping Karl establish his pianistic arch and gives him great performance notes too. From a masterclass in Germa...
Lecture Alan Fraser gave at the MTNA Annual Conference on March 22 2014 - Chicago, IL
Lecture Alan Fraser gave at the MTNA Annual Conference on March 22 2014 - Chicago, IL
Alan talks about rhythm, pulse and gives great performance advice.
Arch of the hand, bench height, a short history lesson on piano technique. Great lesson!
