Je suis content pour vous 😁 !!! Hélas dans les conservatoires italiens on ne trouve presque plus de vrais enseignants 😪 et l'on finit par se démotiver !!!!

@@pars4709 identique en France poubelle!!! ou la majorité de la population a été phagocytés par les idées de loisirs plaisir etc. Il y a encore quelques Conservatoires qui fonctionnent très bien, mais beaucoup sont devenus des garderies où les enseignants sont contraints à faire de l’occupationnel. Pauvre France ! Tous ces sachants comme il se nomment eux mêmes, ne se rendent pas comptent qu’ils sont en train de ciller la branche sur laquelle ils sont....

Merci beaucoup

Merci pour cette réfléction !!!

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Beautiful thought.

Hello there, may i ask the technique would be different for jazz or pop?

For all music style not only classical.

Thank you for your kind words!

I heard other terminology for same principles, as "opening of the anckle" or "free fall" (2 means of having energy) Does Maria Saboya relate to Monique Dechaussée in some way ?

Thank you for these encouraging words. I hope to come out with newer videos soon. Let's keep in touch!

J'ai ajouté la Vidéo 1 (1h28) en anglais (In english)

+Lerroy Juniorstune Thank you Lerroy. We are thinking of preparing some more videos speaking of the work of a pianist to conquer the instrument by mastering his own body. Keep in touch and we let you know when it is done..

You are very talented and have a spontaneous and natural technique, Aaron. I'd also be happy to collaborate for the full blooming of your musical personality. With my warmest wishes. Maria Saboya

+Amanda Kohn Obrigada pelo comentàrio. Devo ir ao Brasil na segunda metade de 2016. Onde você se encontra ? Abrs. Maria Saboya

Olá! Moro no rio de janeiro, será um prazer conhecê-la pessoalmente!

+Maria Saboya professora, peço desculpas por contacta-la via KZfaq (não sei se meu mail foi enviado corretamente), mas não queria deixar de lhe desejar um bom final de ano e próspero ano novo!

You can say that the technical principles that I teach have some aspects of both, but they are also the expression of my own research and experiences in contact with great musicians and pedagogues.

De dónde sos??

Siento muchissimo pero la unica traduccion possible es para el ingles. Maria Saboya

Enfin une enseignante qui fait son métier!!! 😁 félicitations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

There are still several (yet not many) people who study this lineage of technique, I'm sure.

@@anotherdepressedmusician No, she's the ONLY one.

Me too!!

@Jay Agari While you wait, you may read my introductory article that will help you to understand the "best" piano technique according to my students an followers. It was published in clavier_companion_20170102.pdf…(You can contact Clavier Companion on internet and ask them for this article)

SORRY FOR THAT. I WILL TRY TO IMPROVE IT. THANK YOU.

Maria Saboya Thanks for replying Maria! And thanks for sharing the knowledge, I’m actually reading your article “Improving Coordination” and it’s fascinating.

It is an ancient "cité" called Villeneuvette, near Montpellier in the South of France. It was an old "factory" designed and built by the great COLBERT, but transformed into a private community with a few houses and gardens.

It's so peaceful and rich of ancient atmosphere... rare qualities in our times...

Yes, you can find all this in her book "Cantabile pour un piano chantant" Ed. Delatour.

@@dominiquet.6784 I tried to search online for the book you mentioned and got zero hits. Please could you provide some more information?

Where is it?

@Jay Agari It is my fault, because I had not finished to write it. But finaly I did it and the Delatour Editions are going to publish it in France soon.

+Ally Uy It is Sonata in B minor opus 58 of Chopin..

Pierre Nic. il y a 1 mois I can confirm the fact Maria is so helpful, she's my teacher I start with her one month ago and it's a literal change of perspective, I totally relearn and it's a revolution for me ! Excellent pedagogist for sure. RÉPONDRE

Suite Française no. 5 of J.S.Bach, "Courante"

Em Paris. Aonde você mora ?

+Maria Saboya ixi moro em Santa Catarina kkkk

Eu estive là em 2014. Dei aulas na Escola de Musica de Diogo Thumé entre outros.

DEAR ALEX, in the particular case of that student, that exercice was necessary because he had started to learn piano very late. His tendons were too tight so that he did not have real freedom of his finger movements. In doing that exercice he would improve the flexibility of his tendons and liberate his fingers.

Maria Saboya Got it!Thank you very much,dear Maestra!

Dear Alex, you are a very good pianist. All the best to you, and thank you for the contact. Maria Saboya

Maria Saboya thank you very much,dear Maestra!I value your opinion a lot!

It’s simple. Focus your mind on your body. Concentrate effortlessly like meditation. You must relearn a new muscle memory.

mariasaboya-pianiste.blogspot.fr/2013/09/elements-pour-une-economie-optimale.html. Ici vous pouvez lire cet article d'introduction en français. Le livre n'est pas encore publié. Ce sera pour bientôt.MS

Mme Saboya, J'ai lu vos lignes et un passage m'a beaucoup intérréssé : "Un jeune pianiste doit être guidé par un professeur qui a réfléchi suffisamment sur ces questions et qui sait observer et corriger son élève en conséquence". Tous les grands pianistes ont eu des grands maîtres mais les plus grands ont eu des maîtres qui ont su quoi faire pour que le défaut devienne la qualité. La lecture de Neuhaus est incontournable si on veut comprendre comment. Je me réjouis de lire prochainement votre livre. Bien cordialement. P.

Merci, Philippe. Vous avez raison, Neuhaus est incontournable. Je le cite dans la bibliographie de mon livre, vous le verrez. J'ai connu Neuhaus à travers l'enseignement de mon dernier professeur, Evgeni Malinin, qui avait été l'un des meilleurs élèves de Neuhaus. Avec mes meilleurs voeux, Maria Saboya

Chère Madame, Vos élèves ont de la chance de vous avoir comme professeur. Il faut garder ce (précieux) savoir pour les générations suivantes et l'écriture d'un livre en est une garantie. Merci. P.

THAT IS ABSOLUTELLY CORRECT. BUT WHEN A BODY HAS NOT THE CAPACITY TO ADAPT TO THE INSTRUMENT THE PIANIST CANNOT BE FAITHFUL TO THE DEEP REALITY OF A PIECE OF MUSIC. THE BODY OF A PIANIST MUST BE FREE AND PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THE INSTRUMENT. THEN HE CAN PLAY REAL MUSIC. ALL WE DO IN MY SCHOOL IS TO FREE THE STUDENT BODY SO THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO FREELY EXPRESS THE MUSIC. YOU CITE PIANISTS WHO HAVE AN EXCELLENT COORDINATION ON THE PIANO. THIS QUALITY DOES NOT COME TO LIFE WITHOUT A LONG PREPARATION OF THE FIRST INSTRUMENT WHICH IS THE BODY ITSELF. IN MY SCHOOL, "TECHNIQUE" MEANS "WAYS TO LIBERATE THE BODY" TO ALLOW THE PIANIST TO CONQUER HIS INSTRUMENT AND THEN PLAY WITH ALL HIS PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES.

“You don’t learn any kind of shit like that naturally. That’s something somebody teaches you, like when you teach someone how to play an instrument correctly. After you’ve learned how to play your instrument the right way, you can turn around and play it the way you want to, anyway you hear the music and sound and want to play it. But you gotta first learn how to be cool and let whatever happens happen.” Miles Davis (from his Autobiography) I think there is a lot of value in learning technique, and in practicing technique by itself (isolated from music content). The thing, is that, like other subjects as nutrition and economics, as important and useful as it is to TRY understanding it (technique), it's incredibly complex, there is no easy and exact answer for these things. So, there are various approaches for piano technique, like there various approaches to nutrition and how to deal with your body. You have to learn as much as you can and think for yourself. But don't think that technique is ”embedded” in the music, you will miss so much incredible knowledge, so many “eureka” moments that you get when you think about technique seriously. I like to read a lot about technique from various sources and collect all kinds of technique exercises in a workbook, then at the end my body will learn to do things in various ways, and finally combine all the knowledge into efficient playing. I like to practice all ways possible, instead of a single way.

DO AS YOU WISH MY DEAR JUAN ! YOU ARE FREE, FREE, FREE ! FREE YOURSELF, FREE YOUR BODY, AND MAKE YOUR MUSIC EXPLODE FREELY ! THIS IS WHAT I TEACH TO MY STUDENTS. IT IS NOT EVEN TEACHING..... IT IS MOSTLY ERASING CONDITIONNINGS....

Maria Saboya : ) thanks so much for the inspiration Maria

oui ceci est parfaitement decrit dans votre livre. merci de votre travail.

Thé book "Piano Cantabile" is in thé hands of thé publisher and they say it is coming out in Decembet 2021.

The publisher is "Éditions Delatour" in France. You may write them and ask.

www.institutopianobrasileiro.com.br/post/visualizar/3o_Relatorio_do_Instituto_Piano_Brasileiro_Janeiro_de_2016 (Referência ao trabalho de Maria Saboya

Thank u.

IT IS YOUR RIGHT, ALEX ! GOOD LUCK.

Sure, the problems and needs of young pianists are always the same !

+bogdymann interesting comment. See, years earlier, I'd certainly agree with you. But, as a piano student myself, I can guarantee you that those ''ways of articulation and hand movements'' are the fundamentals of a good technique. Some times, our fingers can't do all the work alone, because they don't have enough strength. In order to help them, we need to activate stronger muscles (arm, forearm, elbows), thus the need of such movements. They enable us to relax our hands and fingers, give more fluency, flexibility, better tone, but most of all, prevent us from feeling any sort of physical pain, or having severe injuries due to exhaustive finger work. There is a very interesting book dealing with that subject, called ''on piano playing'' by Györg Sandor. Also, you should watch Taubman's ''choreography of the hands'' (you can find it here on youtube). Hope you enjoy it :)

+Amanda Kohn Thank you for the answer Amanda. After a biit of thinking I realised that technique does have a lot to do with the coreagraphy of the hand. Will check out your suggestions :)

+Amanda Kohn very well explained. At the end of the clip, she performs a piece with combo of several hand movements that articulate into the beautiful sound EVEN despite the horrible sound quality of the clip itself.