De Kunst van het Luisteren. Workshops/Masterclasses
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Geoffrey Madge has given workshops and masterclasses in Holland, England (Yehudi Menuhin School), Poland,
Germany, Finland, Russia and Australia. They are given in various ways.
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Masterclasses: For pianists several points already discussed
in the article ON TEACHING are worked out in a communicative way with
the aim of making them not only useful for the participating pianists, but also
especially for the listening public, a dialogue is kept also with the
audience. The masterclasses touch upon many subjects with
references made to literature and other arts.
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Workshops: The Art of Listening. A new
form of concert giving devoted to helping the audience to understand the
art of listening, A workshop session that is full of interesting
information, making use of the potentials of the present day. Given in
intimate surroundings with fascinating dialogues between the public and
Geoffrey Madge. How do we listen? How do we make use of our full
potentials? Each workshop goes into many different unexpected
areas with very interesting documentation.
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Special subject masterclasses are combined with lecture/recital discussions on the following subjects:
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- The teachings and piano playing of Ferruccio Busoni.
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- De Kunst van het Luisteren.
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- Piano playing and the intuition, using the
unconscious in piano playing.
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- The art of several legendary pianists and the art of belcanto
on the piano, combined with film excerpts, Including interesting demonstrations.
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| For further information please contact him through his e-mail address, or the MadgicTouch foundation. (www.madgictouch.com). | |
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