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who
live in Paris (and in the Paris area), can make a reservation
for a training course of several days
of normal classes depending on their
needs to prepare an exam, a competition, or a concert.
Those
who live in other French departments, or in other countries,
can come for training at my studio, which offers a
splendid concert version Boston piano,
during the week or on the weekend. Trainings can be of any duration,
for example, one day or 10 days at a time.
Students
may work individually and may stay in the guest room.
Residents of minor age must be accompanied by a parent or tutor.
My studio
is situated in Colombes, a Paris suburb only ten minutes
by train from the St. Lazare station, which is near the Grand
Opera and the concert hall Gaveau.
The pacing,
or rhythm, of instruction is important. For example, young Sergei Rachmaninov
and Alexandre Skriabine learned in an ideal training situation. They
lived at the house of their master, Nicolai Zverev (1833-1893) who gave
them their scheduled lessons, and also was available to help with their
daily work. Their master divided his time between his pupils (fixed
timetables). That allowed each pupil to train and practice individually,
to complement their studies with visits to the opera, concerts and museums,
and to simply to take a rest. During a certain time, Sviatoslav Richter
also lived at the house of Heinrich Neïghause. Good musicians are
produced by proper and regular individual instruction of, and attentive
instructional attitude towards, motivated pupils. |
