“I learnt so much from it and it reinforced what I already knew. “ “When is the next one?” Classically trained teachers who were keen to learn more about teaching Jazz and Jazz inspired piano pieces received some excellent advice from the experts in their field: Mark Armstrong – ABRSM Jazz Moderator and Artistic Director […]
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Irina Woronow Will Present a Workshop Based on the Orff Method and Her New Book During Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival
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Workshop: Applying the Orff method with 4 to 5-year-old beginners, using tunes on the black keys Tuesday 7 April at 16.00 Peregrine’s Pianos London Sign up for info > Irina Woronow, the author of the popular piano method Klavierschule Verliebte Giraffe, studied the classic approach to piano pedagogy at the Kazakh National Academy of Music and the Orff method at […]
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Tatiana Shklovskaya, Professor at the Gnessin Special Music School in Moscow will Present a Workshop during Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival in London
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Workshop: Pre-reading Period with Beginners, Tuesday 7 April at 15.00 Peregrine’s Pianos London Student Recital: Vladimir Ivanov, Tuesday 7 April at 14.00 Peregrine’s Pianos LondonVladimir will also appear in the programme on 6 April at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar RoomPrivate coaching: Tuesday 7 April Peregrine’s Pianos London Sign up for info > TATIANA SHKLOVSKAYA currently splits […]
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Valery Piassetski, Director of the Central Music School in Moscow to Give a Masterclass During Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival 2020
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Student recital: Miyu Shindo, Monday 6 April, 13.45 Royal Albert Hall Elgar RoomMasterclass: Tuesday 7 April at 09.30 Peregrine’s Pianos London Student Recital: Miyu Shindo at 10.30 Peregrine’s Pianos London Private coaching: Tuesday 7 April Peregrine’s Pianos London Sign up for info > VALERY PIASSETSKI, Director of the Central Music School in Moscow to give a masterclass during […]
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Japanese Pianist Miyu Shindo Will Give Solo Recitals at the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall in April 2020
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MIYU SHINDU, will be another young star to perform solo recitals on both days of the next Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall. In addition to recitals in her home country of Japan, Miyu Shindo has performed in the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory and at Carnegie Hall, and in […]
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Murray MacLachlan to Give a Masterclass at the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival 2020 at the Royal Albert Hall
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Murray MacLachlan, Chair of EPTA UK, Head of Keyboard at Chetham’s School of Music and a Senior Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England will be conducting a masterclass at the next Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on 6 April 2020. McLachlan has made over 40 […]
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Photo: Chloe, Freya, Gerald, Ethan, Claire and their piano teacher Sueanne Shimabuku Metz of the 88Keys to Cure from the USA. I am so proud of these young and talented group of pianists and their amazing teacher Sueanne Shimabuku Metz of 88Keys to Cure piano studio who came all away from the USA to perform […]
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On 29 August, 2019, Yael Koldovsky, a gifted young pianist from Israel to give her debut piano recital in the United Kingdom. Elena Cobb: “Yael’s talent for musical expression is remarkable as is her flawless technique. I am delighted to be able to introduce her to the British public as part of my festival.” Yael […]
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BBC Young Musician of the Year, Pianist Lauren Zhang, Will Give a Solo Recital at the Next Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on 6 April 2020
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“Lauren Zhang’s power never let up, yet what most impressed was the magical delicacy of her playing in the softer passages” (BBC Young Musician final, The Times, May 2018) The winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year, pianist Lauren Zhang, will give a solo recital at the next Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the […]
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A new initiative to offer wider opportunities to young pianists has been announced by the organisers of the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival. For the past five years the Prize sponsorship programme has made awards to hundreds of children from all around the world, and since last year winners have had the chance to perform […]