January Birthdays Corner

January Birthdays Corner. Check out our list of classical composers that were born in January! Find out what composer was born on your birthday!

 

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Ullmann, Viktor (1898)
2
Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich (1837)
Tippett, Michael (1905)
3
Mathon Blanchet, Lina (1902)
4
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710)
Suk, Josef (1874)
5
Smith-Brindle, Reginald (1917)
Medtner, Nikolai (1880)
6
Scharwenka, Frans Xaver (1850)
Bruch, Max (1838)
7
Poulenc, Francis (1899)
8
Mason, Lowell (1792)
9
Keiser, Reinhard (1674)
10
Halloran, Jack (1916)
Scriabin, Alexander (1872)
Martinon, Jean (1910)
11
Gliere, Reinhold (1875)
Duruflé, Maurice (1902)
Sinding, Christian (1856)
12
Feldman, Morton (1926)
13
Kalinnikov, Vasily (1866)
16
Halffter, Ernesto (1905)
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Stanley, John (1712)
Yevlakhov, Orest (1912)
Kienzl, Wilhelm (1857)
Erb, Donald (1927)
18
Cui, César (1835)
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841)
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Blacher, Boris (1903)
20
Schein, Johann Hermann (1586)
Iradier, Sebastián (1809)
Piston, Walter (1894)
Chausson, Ernest (1855)
Nazareth, Ernesto (1863)
21
Ticheli, Frank (1958)
Duparc, Henri (1848)
Tcherepnin, Alexander (1899)
Mitsuda, Yasunori (1972)
Walmisley, Thomas Attwood (1814)
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Yupanqui, Atahualpa (1908)
Eben, Petr (1929)
Dutilleux, Henri (1916)
Bestor, Kurt (1958)
Apostel, Hans Erich (1901)
23
Mader, Clarence (1904)
Clementi, Muzio (1752)
24
Frederick II the Great (1712)
Dello Joio, Norman (1913)
Hemphill, Julius (1938)
Kirchner, Leon (1919)
25
Jobim, Antonio Carlos (1927)
Sandström, Jan (1954)
Reed, Alfred (1921)
Lutoslawski, Witold (1913)
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Dobrogosz, Steve (1956)
27
Kern, Jerome (1885)
Arriaga, Juan Crisóstomo (1806)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756)
Lalo, Édouard (1823)
Mansurian, Tigran (1937)
Damase, Jean-Michel (1928)
Bertoli, Giovanni Antonio (1598)
Mintzer, Bob (1953)
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Danielpour, Richard (1956)
Werner, Gregor Joseph (1693)
Tavener, John (1944)
Aguirre, Julián (1868)
Hérold, Ferdinand (1791)
Nessler, Viktor (1841)
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Wagenseil, Georg Christoph (1715)
Nono, Luigi (1924)
Auber, Daniel (1782)
Delius, Frederick (1862)
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Halffter, Rodolfo (1900)
Quantz, Johann Joachim (1697)
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Schubert, Franz (1797)

 

December Birthdays Corner

December Birthdays Corner. Check out our list of classical composers that were born in December! Find out what composer was born on your birthday!

 

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Leontovych, Mykola (1877)
2
Burleigh, Harry T. (1866)
Ornstein, Leo (1893)
Webern, Anton (1883)
3
Soler, Antonio (1729)
Rota, Nino (1911)
Fine, Irving (1914)
Kreek, Cyrillus (1889)
Fillmore, Henry (1881)
4
Burgmüller, Johann (1806)
6
Vecchi, Orazio (1550)
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Manzanero, Armando (1935)
Pasquini, Bernardo (1637)
Grison, Jules (1842)
Mascagni, Pietro (1863)
Prima, Louis (1910)
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Martinu, Bohuslav (1890)
Sibelius, Jean (1865)
Ponce, Manuel (1882)
Balbastre, Claude (1724)
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Turina, Joaquín (1882)
10
Franck, César (1822)
Kirchner, Theodor (1823)
Messiaen, Olivier (1908)
11
Carter, Elliott (1908)
Berlioz, Hector (1803)
12
Schulz-Evler, Adolf (1852)
14
Nelson, Ron (1929)
16
Boieldieu, François Adrien (1775)
Shchedrin, Rodion (1932)
Coward, Noel (1899)
Kodály, Zoltán (1882)
17
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770)
Cimarosa, Domenico (1749)
18
Macdowell, Edward Alexander (1861)
Theofanidis, Christopher (1967)
19
Clérembault, Louis-Nicolas (1676)
20
Harbison, John (1938)
21
Perosi, Lorenzo (1872)
Thomas, Michael Tilson (1944)
22
Bottesini, Giovanni (1821)
Puccini, Giacomo (1858)
23
Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de (1689)
Melillo, Stephen (1957)
Edwards, Ross (1943)
24
Larsen, Libby (1950)
Cornelius, Peter (1824)
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Holsinger, David (1945)
Assad, Sergio (1952)
27
Appermont, Bert (1973)
28
Ronell, Ann (1906)
29
Casals, Pablo (1876)
Calace, Raphael (1863)
30
Foerster, Josef Bohuslav (1859)
Kabalevsky, Dmitri (1904)
Bowles, Paul (1910)
Messager, André (1853)
31
Moeran, Ernest John (1894)
Styne, Jule (1905)

Music Recitals

You are invited to our music recitals that will be held at the groundbreaking acoustic performance venue – beautiful recital hall of Beethoven Pianos. Our students will have a wonderful opportunity to play on one of the best concert size Steinway grand pianos in town! Beethoven Pianos is located in midtown on historic “Piano Row” just steps away from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

Music Recitals

will be held on Monday December 14th, 6.00-8.00pm and Saturday December 19th, 1.00-3.00 pm. Concerts will feature our faculty performing. On Monday Music recital “Sonetto del Petrarca” #104 by F. Liszt will be performed by Vesela Kirova (piano). Saturday music recital features  “O mio babbino caro” by G. Puccini  and “Out here on my own” from the musical”Fame” performed by Isabella Florin (voice).

 

On Petrarca, his Sonnets and F. Liszt:

Francesco Petrarca was an Italian poet in Renaissance in the 14th Century.  He was writing sonnets (poems) that were known for its beautiful lyrical poetry. Interesting to notice that Petrarca was a great scholar and did most of his writing in Latin.

Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer of the Romantic Era wrote music to Petrarca`s sonnet. “Sonnetto 104” is a middle piece – a part of three sonnets. The text of the sonnet describes Petrarca`s love for a woman named Laura. She might have been a real person or a fictional character.

Here is the English translation of it:music recitals

WARFARE I cannot wage, yet know not peace;
I fear, I hope, I burn, I freeze again;
Mount to the skies, then bow to earth my face;
Grasp the whole world, yet nothing can obtain.
Pris’ner of one who deigns not to detain,
I am not made his own, nor giv’n release.
Love slays me not, nor yet will he unchain;
Nor life allot, nor stop my harm’s increase.

Sightless I see my fair; though mute, I mourn;
I scorn existence, yet I court its stay;
Detest myself, and for another burn;
By grief I’m nurtured; and, though tearful, gay;
Death I despise, and life alike I hate:
Such, lady, do you make my wretched state!

 

“O mio babbino caro” (o my beloved father):

An aria from opera “Gianni Schicchi” by Giacomo Pucchini, an Italian composer. A daughter, Lauretta is singing to her father about her love to Rinuccio, the boy she loves. She is distraught because Rinuccio was left without any inheritance and wont be allowed to marry her.

English translation:

Oh my beloved father,music recitals
I love him, I love him!
I’ll go to Porta Rossa,
To buy our wedding ring.

Oh yes, I really love him.
And if you still say no,
I’ll go to Ponte Vecchio,
And throw myself below.

My love for which I suffer,
At last, I want to die.
Father I beg, I beg.
Father I beg, I beg..

 

“Out here on my own” from the musical “Fame”– written by a duo of Michael Gore (music) and Lesley Gore (lyrics). “Fame”- a story of young men and women holding an audition for coveted spots at the New York High School of Performing Arts. Those who make it discover how much work and sacrifice it takes to become a star. They go through difficult issues of homosexuality, suicide, rejection,  and heartbreak.

 

Piano Lesson Myths (continue)

Piano Lesson Myths 

 Myth 1 “I am just a beginner, I don`t need an experienced piano teacher”

Reality: Wrong! You definitely need your piano teacher to be piano lesson mythsexperienced. Piano instructors with multiple years of teaching experience are more likely to have a worked out approach that has proven to be great for students. This will help you to develop a strong foundation and even more. With experienced piano instructors your piano lesson will run smoothly as they know how to break down the complexity, to be patient and explain the material clearly.

 

Piano Lesson Myth #2

I cannot play piano without learning to read music”

Reality: Actually it is more beneficial for you to start playing piano by ear rather than read notes out of a music score right away. We call it “hear (in your head or from singing)-play” process. It is important to improvise on the early stages as ear training will develop your ability to recognize tones naturally and will gradually guide your fingers to the keys. So please, don`t dismiss the ear – sing, pick some famous tunes on the piano and ask your piano teacher to show your how to do accompaniment to back it up! Only after a few piano lessons of improvising note reading can be introduced. Then the formula will become ideal: “hear-see-play”.

Welcome to Art of Piano Playing Music School!

music schoolWelcome to our Music School! Art of Piano Playing Music School is a successful organization established in 2011. our music school provides in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music school has the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU! Please email us today: artofpianoplaying@outlook.com or call at: 646-221-7518

November Birthdays Corner!

November Birthdays Corner. Check out our list of classical composers that were born in November! Find out what composer was born on your day!!!

1
Chambers, William Paris (1854)
2
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von (1739)
Pernambuco, João (1883)
3
Scheidt, Samuel (1587)
Bellini, Vincenzo (1801)
4
Cooke, Arnold (1906)
Borovička, Antonín (1895)
Tausig, Carl (1841)
Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo (1897)
6
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860)
Sousa, John Philip (1854)
7
Legnani, Luigi (1790)
Barroso, Ary (1903)
8
Rosner, Arnold (1945)
Joplin, Scott (1868)
Townsend, Douglas (1921)
10
Gould, Morton (1913)
Morricone, Ennio (1928)
Couperin, François (1668)
11
Beck, John Ness (1930)
12
Borodin, Alexander (1833)
Merkel, Gustav Adolf (1827)
13
Lefébure-Wély, Louis (1817)
14
Mendelssohn-Hensel, Fanny (1805)
Veldhuis, Jacob ter (1951)
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778)
Swerts, Piet (1960)
Spontini, Gaspare (1774)
Copland, Aaron (1900)
Mozart, Leopold (1719)
16
Hindemith, Paul (1895)
Gougeon, Denis (1951)
18
Weber, Carl Maria von (1786)
Loeillet, Jean-Baptiste (of London) (1680)
Bishop, Henry R. (1786)
19
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail (1859)
20
Chance, John Barnes (1932)
Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich (1765)
21
Tárrega, Francisco (1852)
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (1877)
22
Rodrigo, Joaquin (1901)
Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710)
Kapustin, Nikolai (1937)
Sagreras, Julio Salvador (1879)
Kreutzer, Conradin (1780)
Britten, Benjamin (1913)
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Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933)
Falla, Manuel de (1876)
Meij, Johan de (1953)
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Gruber, Franz (1787)
Merula, Tarquinio (1595)
Kempff, Wilhelm (1895)
27
Benedict, Julius (1804)
Koechlin, Charles (1867)
28
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632)
Rubinstein, Anton (1829)
29
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797)
Ketting, Piet (1904)
30
Alkan, Charles Valentin (1813)
Klughardt, August (1847)
Lyapunov, Sergei (1859)
Arrieu, Claude (1903)
Thuille, Ludwig (1861)
Loewe, Carl (1796)

PIANO LESSON MYTHS

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Piano Lesson Myths #1

“I have to learn to play classical music before I can play pop and jazz”

Reality: don`t think you must start your piano lessons with classical pieces if your ultimate goal is to learn pop music, you don`t have to! If your goal is to learn to play classical music-it is very important to incorporate improvisation and pop pieces into your repertoire.

Piano Lesson Myth #2

“Children learn faster than adults”

Reality: There is almost no difference! Children are not as busy as adults with juggling multiple things in life, like work and family. They don`t experience that sort of stress, normally their thoughts are more structured allowing them to concentrate better. This creates an illusion that children absorb new material better than adults. Whereas an adult student consciously decided to take piano lessons to learn and that great desire to study diminishes their variance in concentration ultimately bringing the same or even a better result.

Piano Lesson Myth #3

“I have to practice every day”

Reality: Practicing 3-4 hours a week may bring you better results as if you would practice every day – our brain, just like our body, sometimes needs a timeout to take in the new material.

 

October Birthdays Corner!

 

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October Birthdays Corner!

Check out our list of classical composers that were born in October. Find out what composer was born on your day!!!

 
 

October 1 Allessandro Stradella 1644

October 2 John Duarte 1919

October 3 Steve Reich 1936

October 4 Ernesto de Curtis 1875

October 5 Ernst Haberbier 1813

October 6 Karol Szymanowski 1882

October 7 Ralph Rainger 1942

October 8 Heinrich Schutz 1585

October 9 Camille Saint-Saents 1835

October 10 Giuseppe Verdi 1813

October 11 Simon Sechter 1788

October 12 Healey Willan 1880

October 13 Antonio Pasculli 1842

October 14 Alexander Zemlinsky 1871

October 15 Friedrich Nietzsche 1844

October 16 Jan Dismas Zelenka 1679

October 17 Domenico Zipoli 1688

October 18 Miguel Llobet 1878

October 19 Geirr Tveitt 1908

October 20 Charles Ives 1874

October 21 Malcom Arnold 1921

October 22 Franz Liszt 1811

October 23 Ned Rorem 1923

October 24 Luciano Berio 1925

October 25 Georges Bizet 1838, Johann Strauss 1825

October 26 Domenico Scarlatti 1685

October 27 Niccolo Paganini 1782

October 28 Dmitry Bortnyansky 1751

October 29 Dmitry Amfiteatroff 1901

October 30 Peter Warlock 1894

October 31 Ignaz Spangler 1757

 

FALL REGISTRATION HAS STARTED! FREE FIRST CLASS!!!

images 22FALL REGISTRATION HAS STARTED! DEAR STUDENTS, YOU CAN NOW REGISTER FOR PIANO, VOICE, GUITAR AND FLUTE LESSONS IN NEW YORK CITY. IF SIGN UP FOR LESSONS BEFORE AUGUST 20TH, YOU WILL GET THE FIRST CLASS ABSOLUTELY FREE! SO HURRY UP!

Art of Piano Playing Music School is a successful organization established in 2011. We provide in-home PIANO LESSONS, VOICE, GUITAR, FLUTE lessons in ALL New York City and Long Island NY. Art of Piano Playing Music School offers one on one music lessons for all ages and levels of students, and also group piano classes at public, catholic and private schools all over New York City and Long Island NY. We have the best music teachers on staff! Main reasons to take lessons with us: NO LONG TERM CONTRACTS! WE WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE! GREAT PRICING! WE COME TO YOU!

Please contact us at 646-221-7518 or artofpianoplaying@outlook.com

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE SUMMER PIANO LESSONS ?

The advantages of taking summer piano lessons:

1. Summertime is a time when students can really focus on practice without the pressures from school.

2. Piano practice is a better pastime, than television and video games.

3. Children actually have the time to practice more and add new music to the repertoire list, learn new skills or try a new piano method.

The disadvantages of not taking summer piano lessons:

1. Taking summer off results in students failing to move forward with their playing.

2. Piano practice is a better pastime, than television and video games.

3. The teacher will try very hard to bring the student back to their previous level of proficiency, but the experience will be frustrating for students.  The teacher has to help the student stumble through things that they used to play with ease, having to re-teach old things without demoralizing the student.

and finally the big one!!!

4. “Use it or Lose it”. You have made a substantial investment in your child’s education. Many parents figure they will “save money” by stopping music lessons for the summer. This is actually quite a big short-sighted decision – because it is not taking into account the “attrition” of skills and techniques, and having to re-learn these things come Fall “Back to School” time. If you have to learn something TWICE you have wasted your money. Your child (and you!) have worked hard on their instrument all school year, and if they take all summer off from lessons they will LOSE IT because they didn’t USE IT all summer long.

Solutions:

Please take summer lessons as much as you can. Even a few odd lessons here and there throughout the summer will make a big difference!