The (Well) Informed Piano

The (Well) Informed Piano addresses the technical, musical, artistic, ethical, and philosophical issues in piano methodology. Adding a new perspective and approach criteria to piano methodology, this book is essential reading for musicians, teachers, scholars, and music students. This text maintains continuity with the major contributions of Ludwig Deppe, Tobias Matthay, Grigory Kogan, Heinrich Neuhaus and George Kochevitsky.

Miguel Henriques, music scholar, enjoys a successful professional career both as a concert pianist and as conductor. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and earned a Master's degree in piano performance at the University of Kansas. He has been a professor of piano at the Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa since 1990.

Preface
Operative Thoughts
Units and Wholeness
Issues on Music Interpretation's Ethics
The Approach to a Musical Piece
The Performance Project
A Performance Study Syllabus
Form, Aesthetic and Style
Repertoires
Pianistic Technical Learnings
Questioning
Sound and Concept: A Complicity
Study of Components
The Mind
Piano Practice Work
Daily Routine
Diversified Finger Exercises
Rapid Passages
Rhythm
Sound Quality
Other Specific Practice Work
Piano Actions Heavy and Light
The Consciousness of Love
The Spheres in The Loser
The 24 Preludes by Lopes Graça
A View on António Fragoso's Music
Piano Performance Pedagogy
An Individual Relationship
Bibliography
Illustrations Index
Musical Examples Index
Index
About the Author