placeNovi Sad, Serbia
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.
Going ack to old ways is normal, it takes time
You need to know how
Standing exercise
Wrist and strength adjustment for the instant great sound
Alan and Jovan talk via skype
The wrist always wants to be the important one, let the MCP do the work
Don't swivel, stand up
Character of the music dictates the touch
Standing up frees up your forearm and therefore there is less tension
Don't reach for the note, know it's there
We are exploring big sound as well as orchestration in Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G minor Op 23 No 5
but over actually and it also helps you STAND UP
It's the stand up movement of course
