Tag: practise

About FormingPerforming

Posted on by sorenrastogi
With the FormingPerforming project I've explored the complex processes involved in learning a new piece of music, and I have used my own practice as a research object for the project. I was lucky to get access to a work of high quality, which had not been recorded before: the Danish composer Paul von Klenau’s Piano Concerto from 1943. Probably as the only living Danish pianist I have previously performed piano music by Klenau, primarily his f...

On spending time at the piano.

Posted on by sorenrastogi
When you start becoming serious with your musical education, especially as a pianist, a lot of concern is going into “how many hours do I have to practice”? In the beginning of your college education we often assume, that the more hours we spend at the piano, the better we will become. Gradually most students become more reflected over time, and start to realize that our body and mind has a limit to, how long stretches we can work, and that...