Sunday, December 03, 2006
Improvisational Classical
I was watching part of 60 Minutes and they did a profile on a Classical Pianist named Gabriela Montera. She had a great story as a prodigy with atypical hands for a pianist (short fingers and small), a Venezuelan immigrant..teachers down playing her improvizational talent.. She plays the classics and she also like to improvise on them and even modern themes.. they showed footage of a concert where some one form the audience sang part of "The Christmas Song" and she proceeded to play a whole new variation..even cooler..the interviewer asked her to do the Star Wars theme... so cool!
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As a fellow musician with short-stubby fingers (which can be a disadvantage with certain pieces of music), I will say "woohoo" :)
yea! I purchased her "Bach and Beyond" cd from itunes..her variations on familiar adn not so familiar (to me) tunes rock..
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