“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 […]
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 […]
Stelios Kerasidis, a young pianist from Greece, appeared on Ώρα Ελλαδος Time of Greece TV programme after his performance at the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room on 4 April last week. TAP THE LINK to watch the show The hosts Katzou Amalia and Vaggelis Giakoumis asked Stelios about […]
Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival Welcomes Chloe Palmes In the concert at the Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room, Chloe will be performing Débutante Grande Valse by Elena Cobb. Chloe is a very talented 10-years-old pianist from the USA. She is a fifth grader at St. Catherine Laboure School in Glenview, Illinois, and studies the piano with Sueanne Metz. Chloe’s accomplishments […]
While many teenagers are busy posting selfies on their Facebook pages, pictures of the young Russian pianist Eva Gevorgyan feature her flamboyantly finishing a concerto with an orchestra at the II Grand Piano Competition in Moscow earlier this year. There are countless concert posters and smiling back stage pictures, images of her trying on concert […]
We are delighted to invite all Contemporary Composer Category performers at the 3rd Feurich Vienna International Competition to perform at the Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival on 4 April 2019 which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall The Elgar Room in London. A heartfelt thank you to the event organisers: Elena Tolstykh, Maria Pischlöger-Karastoyanova, Inge […]
Huge congratulations to the recipients of the Elena Cobb Star Prize Awards at Carmel Klavier International Piano Competition for Young Artists 2018 and looking forward to seeing you all in London for the 2nd Elena Cobb Star Prize Festival at the Royal Albert Hall on 4 April 2019. Emily Yang (USA), Elementary A, 1st prize, Hummingbird Étude-Tableau by Andrew Higgins […]