One of my favorite ways of learning about new or favorite piano music has historically been via attending showcases at conferences or workshops at our local music store. Since most of those opportunities have vanished in the last year, I was delighted to recently find out about a project of Podstrona Music that aims to introduce pianists to the works of Polish composers. They recruited respected pianists from five languages to complete the project, and I watched the English version, of the five segments presented by Andrew Eales of Pianodao.com, with great interest (they also offer French, German, Italian, and Japanese versions)!
Each video introduces a composer “from Chopin’s Land” (including Chopin as the final one!), and Andrew plays snippets of their works, discussing musical aspects of them and how they might effectively be included in the repertoire of aspiring young pianists. I enjoyed learning about some unfamiliar composers and listening to their delightful music!
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