{"product_id":"alf-98-ep73024","title":"The Complete Pianist: From Healthy Technique to Natural Artistry (Book \u0026 Online Video)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Complete Pianist: From Healthy Technique to Natural Artistry (Book \u0026amp; Online Video)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Penelope Roskell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Complete Pianist: from healthy technique to natural artistry\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new and unique approach to piano playing, in which Penelope Roskell shares a lifetime's experience of teaching, performing and groundbreaking research into healthy piano playing. \u003cstrong\u003eContaining more than 500 pages of text, 300 videos and 250 exercises\u003c\/strong\u003e newly devised by the author, this is \u003cstrong\u003ethe most comprehensive book ever written on piano playing\u003c\/strong\u003e. The book has something new to offer to all pianists and keyboard players - student and teacher, professional and amateur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoskell guides pianists through the early stages of learning a piece, through all the technical challenges and interpretative choices, towards inspired performance. Each new aspect of playing is addressed through a series of practical exercises which proceed, step-by-step, from the basics towards more advanced applications. \u003cstrong\u003eRoskell demonstrates all the musical and technical points herself in videos accessible by smartphone, tablet or computer\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenelope Roskell\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. As a soloist she has played in major concert halls in more than thirty countries. She is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing, and Piano Advisor to the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, where she holds a clinic for pianists with tension or injuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI have known and admired Penelope Roskell for over forty years as both performer and teacher [...] I wholeheartedly recommend\u003c\/em\u003e The Complete Pianist \u003cem\u003eas valuable reading for any person interested in the art of piano playing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSulamita Aronovsky - Professor of Piano, Royal Academy of Music; Chairman, London International Piano Competition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a pragmatic and erudite summary of a working lifetime spent considering how to keep healthy whilst playing piano.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMr Mark Phillips - British Association for Performing Arts Medicine, Hand surgeon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem No:\u003c\/b\u003e    98-EP73024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e    Book \u0026amp; Online Video\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e    Edition Peters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYear Published:\u003c\/b\u003e    2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"ALFRED","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67732215038143,"sku":"ALF EP73024","price":69.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1335\/9063\/files\/98-EP73024.jpg?v=1792732792","url":"https:\/\/www.imaginethismusic.com\/products\/alf-98-ep73024","provider":"Imagine This Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}